Solomon Scott Beck
{{Short description|American politician (1883–1944)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Solomon Scott Beck
| image =
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| state_senate = Maryland
| district = Kent County
| term_start = 1927
| term_end = 1933
| predecessor = William B. Copper
| successor = Arthur H. Brice
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|2|13}}
| birth_place = Kent County, Maryland, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|3|13|1883|2|13}}
| death_place = Chestertown, Maryland, U.S.
| resting_place = Old St. Paul's Cemetery
Chestertown, Maryland, U.S.
| party = Democratic
| spouse = {{marriage|Emma Mackey Perry|1909}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Horatio Beck (grandfather)
| education =
| alma_mater = Washington College
University of Maryland School of Law (LLB)
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}}
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Solomon Scott Beck (February 13, 1883 – March 13, 1944) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1927 to 1933.
Early life
Solomon Scott Beck was born on February 13, 1883, in "High Park", Kent County, Maryland, to Kate Rose (née Harris) and George Beck. His grandfather was state delegate Horatio Beck.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/freestateofmaryl03kumm/page/998/mode/2up |last=Kummer |first=Frederic Arnold |title=The Free State of Maryland: A History of the State and its People, 1634–1941 |year=1941 |pages=998–1000 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}} He attended public schools in Kent County and graduated from Washington College in 1903. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws in 1906.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-triple-commencement-5/150803346/ |title=Triple Commencement |date=1906-06-05 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}
Career
In 1907, Beck opened a law office in Chestertown. His son Solomon Scott Jr. also served in his law practice.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-s-scott-beck-dies-at/150800948/ |title=S. Scott Beck Dies at 61 in Chestertown |date=1944-03-14 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}} He served as president of the Chestertown Bank of Maryland. He served as president of the Kent Defense Corporation.
Beck was a Democrat. He was a delegate to the 1932 and 1936 Democratic National Conventions. In 1919, he was elected state's attorney of Kent County and served from 1920 to 1926.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/ke/stattorneys/former/html/00list.html |title=Kent County, Maryland State's Attorneys |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2022-03-14 |access-date=2024-07-06}} He served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1927 to 1933.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/kesenate.html |title=Historical List, Senate, Kent County (1838-1966) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2008-06-27 |access-date=2024-07-06}} In September 1933, he was appointed as comptroller of the Port of Baltimore. He served in that role until 1938 when the office was abolished by the U.S. Congress.
Beck was secretary and member of the board of visitors and governors of Washington College.
Personal life
Beck married Emma Mackey Perry, daughter of John M. Perry, of Centreville, Maryland, on December 8, 1909. They had a son and daughter, Solomon Scott Jr. and Elizabeth Mackey.
Beck had a stroke in 1937. He died from pneumonia on March 13, 1944, at Kent and Queen Anne's Hospital in Chestertown. He was buried in Old St. Paul's Cemetery in Chestertown.{{Cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/alumninews11univ/page/n25/mode/2up |title=Scott Beck, '07, Passes Away in Chestertown, March 13 |magazine=Alumni News |publisher=University of Maryland |year=1944 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}
Awards
Washington College awarded Beck with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1940.{{citation needed |date=July 2024 |reason=unclear it was an honorary degree}}
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Category:People from Kent County, Maryland
Category:Washington College alumni
Category:University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni
Category:State's attorneys in Maryland
Category:Democratic Party Maryland state senators
Category:American bank presidents
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly