William S. Beardsley

William S. Beardsley

William Shane "Bill" Beardsley (born May 17, 1901, Beacon, Iowa; died November 21, 1954, as the result of an automobile accident near Des Moines, Iowa) was a three-term Republican Governor of Iowa from 1949-1954.

Beardsley grew up in Birmingham, Iowa. The son of a pharmacist, he attended pharmacy school himself, and established a drugstore in New Virginia, Iowa in 1922. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1932, and served there until 1938. From 1938-46, he raised cattle and hogs on his farm in New Virginia. He was appointed to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1946 to fill the term of a Representative who had died, and became a prominent opponent of the labor and education policies of fellow Republican Robert D. Blue. In June 1948, he successfully challenged Blue in the Republican primary, and went on to an easy victory in the general election.

Beardsley was known for his advocacy of a balanced state budget, and his opposition to the Truman administration's Brannan Plan. He was reelected in 1950 and 1952, but chose not to run for a fourth term in 1954. On November 21, 1954, he was killed in a highway accident just north of Des Moines while returning from a visit to his son, Dan Beardsley, a student at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

During his tenure the following notable accomplishements were achieved: workmen's compensation benefits were increased; the highway patrol was expanded; anti-gambling laws were sanctioned; roads, schools, and institutions were all advanced; and a World War II veteran's bonus was authorized. He is interred at the New Virginia cemetery in New Virginia, Iowa.

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* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=8e1d224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association biography]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798757,00.html "Popularity in Reverse"] , TIME, June 21, 1948
* [http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50C14F63E59177B93C0AB178AD95F408585F9 "Governor Beardsley of Iowa Is Killed As His Auto Smashes Into Truck"] , New York Times, November 22, 1954 (subscription required)


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