Beattys In Elected Or Appointed Offices Of Government

Beattys In Elected Or Appointed Offices Of Government

A Copyrighted Document Of The Beatty Project 2000
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1239
BAT, GERARD. Mayor of London (BEAT'A', 1991, by J. Gordon Beattie. York: Ryedale Printing. - History of the Beatties of Langholm)

1253
BAT, NICHOLAS. Mayor of London (J. Gordon Beattie, op.cit.)

1342
BETY, DAVID. Provost of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. (J. Gordon Beattie, op.cit.)

1473
BEATTIE, JOHN was Burgess in Aberdeen (NSCM I, p.24, Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1890-1908, 2 Vols) (The 1473 through 1635 listings below, Linda Merle extracted from George F. Black's Surnames of Scotland. NY Public Library, 1946, p. 65.)

1513
BATY, WM. was burgess of Montrose (Registrum Episcaptus Aberdonensis, Edinburgh, 1845, 2 Vol) Vol II p 170).

1558
BATY, JOHN rendered to Eschequer accts of same burgh (Eschequer Rolls of Scotland Vol 1-23 (1264-1600), ed. 1878-1908, XIX, p.43)

1565
BATY, JOHN was prependary of Lincloudane (Selections from the Records of the Regality of Melrose and Manuscripts of Earl Haddington, Edinburgh, 1914- 17, 3 Vol, Vol III, p 393).

1567
BATIE, ANDREW was Burgess of Dumfries (Edgar, p 242).

1635
BETTIE, ROBERT was burgess of Montrose (RPC, 2nd Series, Vol 5, p 517)

1691
BEATY, JOHN. Marbletown, Ulster Co, NY elected High Sheriff. His widow, Susannah Asfordby Beatty, migrated to Frederick Co Maryland where a large Beatty colony was established. (BP2000 Lineage One)

1739
BEATTY, THOMAS. Frederick, MD. (1703-1769) Judge of Prince Georges Co 1739-1748; Frederick Co 1748-49 & 1752-1760. Elected to MD House of Burgesses 1757, 1758. One of the "Sons of Liberty" who led the revolt against the Stamp Act in MD. (BP2000-Lineage One)

1749
Beatty, John (1749-1826) Born in Neshaminy, Pa., December 10,
1749. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1789-1790; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1784-1785; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1793-1795; secretary of state of New Jersey, 1795-1805. Died in Trenton, N.J., May 30, 1826. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.

1773
BEATTY, CHARLES (COL.), (1730-1804), son of Thomas (1703-1769), Frederick MD. Elected to MD Assembly 1773.

1780s
BEATTY, WILLIAM (JR.) (C0L.), (1738-1801), cousin of Charles (1730-1804), Served in Maryland Legislature. Buried, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Frederick MD.

1780s
BEATTY, JOHN (1749-1826) Born in Pennsylvania. Member of New Jersey state legislature; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1793-95. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Trenton, N.J. (BP2000 Lineage 5 - Was Commissar General of Prisoners of War during the Revolution. Negotiated with Cornwallis, papers on file at The Library of Virginia, Richmond)The Political Graveyard website, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1787
Beatty, William (1787-1851) Born in Ireland. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1837-1841; member of Pennsylvania state legislature. Interment at Old Butler Cemetery, Butler, Pa.

1820s
BEATY, JAMES, M.P. - b. Killashandra, Ireland, 1798;M.P. for Toronto East in 1867 and 1872; Came to York, Ontario in 1818 and in 1836 he was elected as a reform councillor for St Lawrence Ward; Claimed to have carried the Orange flag banner?] in the first Toronto Orange Parade in 1822. (Contributed by Marsha Walker, L284)

1928
Beatty, John (1828-1914) Born near Sandusky, Ohio, December 16, 1828. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1868-1873. Died in Columbus, Ohio, December 21, 1914. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.

1800
BEATTY, OTHO (1773-1803), born Frederick Co. MD, son of William Jr. above and brother of Henry and Adam following. Representative from Franklin Co Kentucky to the Kentucky House of Representatives.

1801
BEATTY, HENRY. (1760-1840), born Frederick Co. MD, migrated to Winchester VA where he became one of the community leaders and served on the City Council. Erroneously listed as Mayor of Winchester by some sources...a position held by Beatty Carson, of unknown relation. Henry was the son of Lineage One, Col. William (Jr.) Beatty of Frederick MD. Buried, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA.

1809
BEATTY, ADAM. Born in Frederick MD to Lineage One Col. William (Jr.) Beatty, migrated to KY and was elected to the KY Legislature in 1809 and served as Circuit Judge 1811-1824. A close friend of Henry Clay.

1816
Rochester, William Beatty (1789-1838) Born in Hagerstown, Md., January 29, 1789. Member of New York state legislature, 1816; U.S. Representative from New York, 1821-23; state court judge, 1823; candidate for Governor of New York, 1826. Lost in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski off the coast of North Carolina, June 14, 1838; his remains were never recovered. (BP2000 - Lineage One - son of Sophia Beatty of Frederick MD who married Nathanial Rochester and with him founded Rochester, NY. Sophia was the daughter of Col. William (Jr.) Beatty of Frederick MD listed above.) Part of the information from the Political Graveyard website, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1826
Bate, William Brimage (1826-1905) of Nashville, Tenn. Born near Castalian Springs, Tenn., October 7, 1826. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1849-1851; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of Tennessee, 1883-1887; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1887-1905. Died in Washington, D.C., March 9, 1905. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.

1932
Bate, Don E. of Lansing, Mich. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan 6th District, 1932. Burial location unknown.

1833
BEATY, MARTIN. (1784-?) Born in Virginia, October 8, 1784. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1833-35. In Kentucky in 1818, drilled the first oil well in the world. Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Tex. (BP2000 Lineage #10 --records shows birth in PA) The Political Graveyard website, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1837
BEATTY, WILLIAM. (1787-1851) Born in Ireland. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1837-41; member of Pennsylvania state legislature. Internment at Old Butler Cemetery, Butler, Pa. The Political Graveyard website, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1841
BEATTY, DAVID L., Mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1841-43. Burial location unknown The Political Graveyard website. Created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1800s-mid
BEATTY, ROBERT (COL.), Lineage 4, County Clerk, Smyth Co, Virginia.

1868
BEATTY, JOHN. (1828-1914) Born in Ohio, December 16, 1828. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1868-73. Died December 21, 1914. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio. The Political Graveyard website Created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1873
BREWER, FRANCIS BEATTIE. (1820-1892) Born in Keene, N.H., October 8, 1820. Member of New York state assembly, 1873; U.S. Representative from New York, 1883-85. Died July 29, 1892. Internment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Political Graveyard website, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum.

1877
WESLEY IRVING BEATTY 1877-1942, Served in the Nebraska House of Representatives, 1935-1937. Lineage 17. Submitted by Hal Beatty, L17.

1879
BEATTY, DANIEL FISHER of Lineage 130B was mayor of Washington Township, NJ, for 1879 and 1880. (Doris Stanford, Lineage 130B)

1882+
BEATIE, C.F. (Lineage 4) The Oregonian, April 28, 1882
"DEAD--Hon. C.F.Beatie, ex-chairman of the democractic state central committee, died at his home in Oregon City last Monday. Mr. Beatie was am honorable and honored man and his death is more than a local loss."

[Charles Fountain Beatie was the grandson of William Beattie, who lived in Washington City., VA and had fought at the Battle of Kings Mt. along with his brother David and John. He came to Oregon in 1850 and obtained a DLC in Clackamas City. He was born in Washington City., VA in 1827, son of Capt. William Beatie and Rhoda (White) Beatie, and died April 22, 1882.] [Elizabeth Baldwin, 4/98]

Robert Breckenridge Beatie "...one of the most popular men in the county as is clearly evidenced that he was elected sheriff for two terms, and although a democrat in an overwhelmingly republican country, was elected for the second term by a majority of more than eleven thousand. Again his popularity was demonstrated when in 1910 he was elected county judge by a majority vote of one thousand eighty. . ." as recorded in The History Of Oregon by Hodgkin. Robert was the son of Charles Fountain Beatie referred to in the 1882 entry. (Nancy Pullman, August, 1998)

1888
Beatty, William H. Chief justice of California state supreme court, 1888-1914. Burial location unknown.

1920s
BEATY, JOHN MORTON. born 29 Jun 1882 Wise Co VA; d. 25 Jan 1928 Richmond VA. Son of Napoleon Ewing Beaty, M.D. Was a State Senator in Virginia at the time of his death. Source: John Bennett Boddie, "Historical Southern Families", Vol. II. Pub. Redwood City, California. 1958 [ISDN 8063-0028-0], p. 282. John Morton was of our BP2000 Lineage 10 who lived in Lee/Wise Cos VA. (Submitted by Michael Allen, 16 Oct 1998)

1920
Beatty, Virgil of Beattyville, Ky. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky 7th District, 1920. Burial location unknown.

1932
Beattie, Gladstone of St. Petersburg, Fla. Delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida at-large, 1932. Burial location
unknown

1971
Beattie, Trudy Member of Iowa Republican State Central Committee 4th District, 1971. Still living as of 1971..

1980
BEATTIE, DAVID STUART Sir New Zealand politician; Governor-General of New Zealand 1980-1985 (1924-- )

1993
BEATTIE, MOLLIE. US administrator and environmentalist; commissioner of Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation 1985-1989; director of US Fish and Wildlife Service 1993-1996 (1st female director) 1947-1996

1995
BEATTIE, PETER DOUGLASS, born 1952. Minister of Health, Queensland, Australia.

1996
Beatty, Kevin Workers World candidate for Presidential Elector
from Michigan, 1996. Still living as of 1996.

1999
Mayor Charles "Chuck - Hatchet" Beatty, Current Mayor - Waxahachie, Texas. Resume and photo: http://www.waxahachie.com/cbeatty.htm

1999
Otto Beatty, Jr. (D) Attorney and Ohio State Representative. Resume and photo: http://www.house.state.oh.us/reps/bios/beatty.html

1999
Chuck Beaty- City Council Member, City of Riverside, California. Resume and photo: http://www.ci.riverside.ca.us/council/ward1.html

Some references came from The Political Graveyard

Last update: July 01, 1999