Harry P. Beam

Harry Peter Beam (November 23, 1892 – December 31, 1967) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1931 to 1942.

During the First World War served as a seaman, first class, in the United States Navy from May 1918 to December 1918.

In 1923, Beam was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the Superior Court of Cook County.

[1] Beam was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his resignation on December 6, 1942.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress