Ralph F. Beermann

Ralph Frederick Beermann (August 13, 1912 – February 17, 1977) was a Nebraska Republican politician.

Born near Dakota City, Nebraska, USA, Ralph Frederick Beermann graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and then attended various Army specialist schools. During World War II he served in the African-European Theaters in the United States Army as part of the 601st Ordnance Battalion and the 301st Ordnance Regiment. After the war he partnered with his six brothers (the Beermann Brothers) in farming, alfalfa dehydrating and cattle raising in Dakota County, Nebraska.

Beermann served as chairman of the Dakota County Republican Central Committee for ten years and organized the Dakota County Young Republicans. He was elected to serve the 3rd district of Nebraska in the Eighty-seventh United States Congress and served the 1st district in the Eighty-eighth United States Congresses. He served from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1965. He did not win reelection in 1964. After leaving Congress, Beermann returned to his business pursuits, but from 1972-1977 he served on the board of the Nebraska Public Power District.

Beermann was a member of the Lutheran church and a member of the Farm Bureau, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Kiwanis. Ralph Frederick Beermann died in a plane crash at Sioux City Municipal Airport on February 17, 1977. He was buried in the Dakota City Cemetery.

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* [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/politics/ralph-beermann.htm Ralph Frederick Beermann papers] at the Nebraska State Historical Society