J. Glenn Beall Jr.

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J. Glenn Beall Jr. was an American politician and businessman from Maryland. A Republican, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1971) and one term in the U.S. Senate (1971–1977). He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates (1962–1968).

Beall was born in Cumberland, Maryland, the eldest of three children. His father, J. Glenn Beall, also served in Congress, and his brother George Beall later became U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland and helped prosecute Spiro Agnew. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946 and graduated from Yale University in 1950, where he was active in the Yale Political Union. He worked in the insurance business with Beall, Garner & Geare, Inc.

In Maryland, Beall was elected to the House of Delegates in 1962 and served as minority floor leader starting in 1963. He was elected to the U.S. House in 1968, representing Maryland’s 6th district, and served one term. In 1970, he narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Joseph Tydings to win a seat in the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1971 to 1977.

In the Senate, Beall helped create the Senate Budget Office and the Congressional Budget Office. He served on the Senate Budget Committee and sponsored the Physician Manpower Shortage Act to bring more doctors to rural areas. He also sponsored the C&O Canal Development Act, which created the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.

After leaving the Senate, Beall ran for Governor of Maryland in 1978 with running mate Aris T. Allen but lost to Harry Hughes. He returned to Cumberland to continue his insurance work and remained active in the community, leading the charity League for Crippled Children as its president and chairman from 1978 until his death.

J. Glenn Beall Jr. died of cancer on March 24, 2006, at age 78 in Cumberland, Maryland. He is buried at Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery.