William A. Beeton Jr.
Bill Beeton | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 13th district | |
| In office January 13, 1982 – January 12, 1983 Serving with Charles Hawkins & Ken Calvert | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | William Arthur Beeton, Jr. August 15, 1943 Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 2002 (aged 59) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Hutt |
| Alma mater | Lynchburg College (BA) University of Richmond (JD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1966–1970 |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
William Arthur Beeton, Jr. (August 15, 1943 – November 2, 2002) was an American attorney and Republican politician. In 1981, he was elected alongside Charles R. Hawkins and Kenneth E. Calvert to the Virginia House of Delegates, but a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the state's multi-member districts to violated the equal protection clause and ordered that new elections take place the following year. Beeton was defeated in the 1982 22nd district Republican primary by .[1] He moved to northern Virginia, practiced law, and served as chairman of the board of directors of Wakefield Country Day School.[2] In 2002, he died while on a business trip in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
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External links[]
- William A. Beeton Jr. at The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007
- William A. Beeton Jr. at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2002 deaths
- Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Virginia Republicans
- University of Lynchburg alumni
- University of Richmond School of Law alumni
- People from Lexington, Virginia
- 20th-century American politicians