Member Biography

William Beale 

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1812-1813       12 Democratic-Republican
1813-1814       12 Democratic-Republican
1814-1815       12 Democratic-Republican
1815-1816       12 Democratic-Republican

COUNTIES: Huntingdon, Mifflin  


Biography

11/12/1762 - 10/23/1820


William Beale (Democratic-Republican12) Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties 1813-1816

Early Life:

William Beale, born November 12, 1762, East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Judge Thomas and Mary Tod Hunter Beale; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1802; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1804-1805; unsuccessful campaign, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1808; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1813-1816; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1820; married, Mary Margaret Henderson, 1787 (d.1810), children, Hannah Beale, Thomas Beale, Margaret Beale, Sarah Beale, Joshua W Beale, Judge John Beale, Elinor Beale; married, second, Mary Lindsay, William, 1811, Cunningham Beale, George Washington Beale, Mary Ann Beale; died, October 23, 1820 (aged 57), Milford Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Milford Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Lower Tuscarora Church and Cemetery, Beale Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Mifflin County, 1799-1801. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Mifflin County, 1802. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Mifflin County, 1804-1806. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1808. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1813-1816. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1820.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available

Legacy:

Inscription

In Memory of William Beale who departed this life Oct 25, 1820 aged 57 years 11 months & 15 d

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

William Beale (1762-1820) - Find a Grave Memorial