William A. Beeton Jr. Explained

Bill Beeton
State Delegate:Virginia
District:13th
Term Start:January 13, 1982
Term End:January 12, 1983
Alongside:Charles Hawkins & Ken Calvert
Preceded:Claude V. Swanson
Succeeded:Joan H. Munford
Birthname:William Arthur Beeton, Jr.
Birth Date:15 August 1943
Birth Place:Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Party:Republican
Spouse:Anne Hutt
Alma Mater:Lynchburg College (BA)
University of Richmond (JD)
Allegiance:United States
Branch:United States Air Force
Serviceyears:1966–1970
Battles:Vietnam War

William Arthur Beeton, Jr. (August 15, 1943 – November 2, 2002) was an American attorney and Republican politician. In 1981, he was elected alongside Charles R. Hawkins and Kenneth E. Calvert to the Virginia House of Delegates, but a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the state's multi-member districts to violated the equal protection clause and ordered that new elections take place the following year. Beeton was defeated in the 1982 22nd district Republican primary by Joseph P. Crouch.[1] He moved to northern Virginia, practiced law, and served as chairman of the board of directors of Wakefield Country Day School.[2] In 2002, he died while on a business trip in Rio de Janeiro.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hopewell News . newbrunswick.archivalweb.com.
  2. Web site: legp604 . February 3, 2024 . lis.virginia.gov.