Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BECK, JOSEPH D. March 14, 1866 - 
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Author: The State Printing Board, Compiled and Published.

REPRESENTATIVES 

SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Adams, Clark, Jackson,
Juneau, LaCrosse, Monroe, Sauk, and Vernon counties.

JOSEPH D. BECK (Rep.) of Viroqua, was born near Bloomingdale,
Wis., March 14, 1866. He was graduated from the Stevens Point
Normal school in 1897 and from the University of Wisconsin in
1903; was Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics of
Wisconsin 1903-11; member of the Wisconsin Industrial
Commission 1911-17, and was its chairman 1916-17. President of
the International Association of Bureau of Labor Officials
1907-09. He is a farmer by profession. He was elected to 67th
congress in 1920 after defeating John J. Esch for the
nomination in the primaries and was re-elected in 1922.

Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598-
640. 

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