Born in Mayfield, Kentucky, Beaumont was in the Kentucky National Guard from 1904 to 1906, and received a Bachelor of Laws from the Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1910.

He was in private practice from 1912 to 1914, when he became a deputy district attorney of Fresno County, California, serving from 1914 to 1917.

[1] On July 27, 1939, Beaumont was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 52 Stat.

Beaumont served in that capacity until his death on November 19, 1954.

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