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Joseph D. Beck

American politician

Died when: 70 years 239 days (847 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Joseph D. Beck

Joseph David Beck (March 14, 1866 – November 8, 1936) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.Born near Bloomingdale, in Vernon County, Wisconsin, Beck graduated from Stevens Point Normal School and the University of Wisconsin.

He worked in the Wisconsin Bureau of Statistics and was a farmer and livestock dealer.Beck was elected a Republican to the Sixty-seventh United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929).

He was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.In 1928 he passed on running for another term in office to instead unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination of Governor of Wisconsin.

Later Beck worked with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.He died in Madison, Wisconsin.


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