Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Adam Beeler | |
Office: | Justice of the Washington Supreme Court |
Predecessor: | Walter M. French |
Successor: | William J. Steinert[1] |
Office1: | Member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 36th District |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1879 |
Birth Place: | Bluffington, Wells County, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Birthname: | Adam Madison Beeler |
Nationality: | American |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Florence Leona Scott |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Seattle, Washington |
Alma Mater: | Indiana University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician, judge |
Adam Madison Beeler (October 11, 1879 – March 25, 1947) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1930 until 1932. Beeler served as a King County Superior Court Judge between April 6, 1928 and September 30, 1930, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Roland H. Hartley.[2]
Born in Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, to Peter and Elizabeth Beeler, he attended the Indiana University, where he met his future wife, Florence Leona Scott (November 30, 1887 – January 12, 1960), and was graduated in 1903.[3] He then attended George Washington University Law School.[3] He was married to Florence Scott on April 8, 1909, in Seattle,[4] and they had a son and two daughters: Madison Scott Beeler, Elizabeth Beller, and Virginia Jean Beeler.[5] [6]
Beeler had served in the Washington House of Representatives[7] from 1922 until 1928. In 1932, Beeler resigned his court seat to run for United States Senate, and after losing the primary he was considered in November 1932 as a replacement to Wesley Livsey Jones, following his death.[1] [8] [9] [10]