Lindley Beckworth

Lindley Beckworth

Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. (June 30, 1913 - March 9, 1984) was an American politician who represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1939-1952 and 1957-1966.

Beckworth was born on a farm in the South Bouie community near Mabank, Texas. He attended the rural schools, Abilene Christian College, East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, Texas, Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville, Texas, and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He taught school in Upshur County, Texas for three years and attended the law department of Baylor University, Waco, Texas and the University of Texas at Austin. He was admitted to the bar in 1937 and commenced practice in Gilmer, Texas.

Beckworth was a member of the Texas House of Representatives 1936-1938. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1953) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. He was unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. After Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Longview, Texas. He was elected to the Eighty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1967) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1966. After leaving Congress again, he served as a judge, United States Custom Court, New York City, 1967-1968 and then resumed the private practice of law. He was a resident of Gladewater, Texas until his death at Tyler, Texas in 1984. He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Texas.

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