William E. Beck (November 8, 1832 – September 2, 1892) was an attorney and a delegate for the framing of the state's constitution.
He moved to LaSalle County, Illinois[1] and established himself in Mendota where he published the newspaper, The Observer, with J.C. Crocker.
He was elected by members of the Republican party to participate in the framing of the state's constitution in 1875.
[6] He was a member of the committees on judiciary department, right of suffrage, elections, and miscellaneous division.
[1] Judge Beck, as the world estimates, was not a brilliant man, but while this is true, it is equally true that all the leading qualities of sterling manhood were in him so pronounced as to distinguish him unmistakably as no ordinary man.Beck died at his home in Denver on September 2, 1892.