John V. Beamer
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John Valentine Beamer (November 17, 1896 - September 8, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born on a farm in Wabash County, Indiana, Beamer attended the public schools of Roann, Indiana. He was graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1918.
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[edit] WWI
During the First World War he served in the Field Artillery. He was employed with Service Motor Truck Co., Wabash, Indiana from 1919 to 1921.
[edit] Employment/Career
Following the Great War he was a representative for the Century Company, a school textbook publisher, in New York and Chicago from 1921 to 1928.
- He later became vice president and general manager of the Wabash Baking Powder Chemical Company from 1928 to 1941.
- He served as vice president and sales manager, Union Rock Wool Corp. of Wabash, Indiana from 1935 to 1942.
[edit] Political career
He served in the State house of representatives in 1949 and 1950.
Beamer was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1959). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress.
He served as member of the National Selective Service Appeal Board from March 1960 until his resignation on September 1, 1961.
[edit] Death
He died in Anderson, Indiana, September 8, 1964, aged 67 and was interred in Falls Cemetery, Wabash, Indiana.
