[1] Switched from Democratic Party to Republican, 1900.
Father: James Nathan Beck
Mother: Margretta C. Darling
Wife: Lilla Lawrence Mitchell (m. 5-Jun-1890, one son, one daughter)
Son: James M. Beck, Jr.
Daughter: Beatrice
University: Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA (1880)
US Congressman, Pennsylvania 1st (8-Nov-1927 to 30-Sep-1934, resigned)
US Solicitor General (1921-25)
Shearman & Sterling
US Justice Department Asst. to the US Attorney General (1900-03)
US Attorney Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1896-1900)
Assistant US Attorney Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1888-92)
Harrity & Beck Partner (1885-98)
Browning Society
Contemporary Society
Lotus Club
New York State Bar Association 1903
Pennsylvania Bar Association 1884
Philadelphia Shakespeare Society
French Legion of Honor
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 5-May-1923
Author of books:
The Constitution of the United States (1924)