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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Frank R. Beckwith |
| Address |
Indianapolis, Indiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
December 11, 1904 |
| Died |
August 24, 1965
(61 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jan 02, 2012 12:31pm |
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| Info | BECKWITH, Frank R(oscoe) - Attorney, civil rights activist, and Republican partisan.
Born 12/11/1904 in Indianapolis; parents were Frank & Aletha (Gibbs) Beckwith.
Graduated from Arsenal Technical HS in 1921; law student under Sumner A. Clancy.
Member, AME church; never married
Founded and operated City Market Shopping and Delivery Service (Indianapolis) 1921-1928
Delegate to the Indiana State Republican Convention of 1926 and candidate for Republican nomination to state house
Served on the Indiana State Republican Committee in 1928
Director of industrial safety for the Indiana Industrial Board 1929-1933
Associate dean of Benjamin Harrison Law School 1930-1931 and admitted to the Indiana bar in 1931
Publisher of the Indianapolis Tribune
Leading member of the NAACP in Indiana, chairing the legal redress section for several years
Wrote book The Negro Lawyer and the War (1943)
Public defender, Marion County Criminal Court 1951-58
Candidate for Indianapolis City Council (R) 1951
Urban Coordinator of Eisenhower campaign in 1956
Board member, Indiana State Cmsn on Aging and the Aged 1957-1961
Contender for Republican nomination for US President 1960 and 1964
Candidate for US House nomination (R-IN) 1962
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