John Beck

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of South Dakota

Education

Bachelor's

Morningside College, 1920

Law

University of Chicago Law School, 1922

Axel John Beck (1894-1981) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Beck was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on January 31, 1958, to a new seat created by 71 Stat. 631; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 1958, and received his commission onMarch 4, 1958. He served aschief judge from 1965-1966. He assumedsenior status onOctober 27, 1969, and served in that capacity until his death onSeptember 2, 1981.^[1] Beck was succeeded in this position byAndrew Bogue.

Early life and education

• Morningside College, A.B., 1920
• University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1922^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Army Second Lieutenant, World War I
• Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1923-1924
• Private practice, Union County, South Dakota, 1924-1958
• Organizer, Bank of Union County, Elk Point, South Dakota, 1943
• President and chairman of the board, Bank of Union County, South Dakota, 1947-1958^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of South Dakota

Beck was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on January 31, 1958, to a new seat created by 71 Stat. 631; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 1958, and received his commission onMarch 4, 1958. He served aschief judge from 1965-1966. He assumedsenior status onOctober 27, 1969, and served in that capacity until his death onSeptember 2, 1981.^[1] Beck was succeeded in this position byAndrew Bogue.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of South Dakota
Active judges	Chief Judge: Roberto Lange  •  Eric Schulte  •  Camela Theeler
Senior judges	Karen Schreier  •  Charles Kornmann  •  Lawrence Piersol  •  Jeffrey Viken  •
Magistrate judges	William D. Gerdes  •  Veronica Duffy  •  Mark Moreno  •  Daneta Wollmann  •
Former Article III judges	Andrew Bogue  •  John B. Jones  •  Donald Porter  •  John Emmett Carland  •  Alonzo Jay Edgerton  •  James Douglas Elliott  •  Alfred Lee Wyman  •  John Beck  •  George Mickelson  •  Fred Nichol  •
Former Chief judges	Karen Schreier  •  Lawrence Piersol  •  Richard Battey  •  Andrew Bogue  •  John B. Jones  •  Donald Porter  •  John Beck  •  George Mickelson  •  Fred Nichol  •  Jeffrey Viken  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byDwight Eisenhower
1953	Boldt •Bruchhausen •Cecil •Dawkins, Jr. •Grooms •Hamlin •Hoffman •Knoch •Schnackenberg •Warren •Willson
1954	Aldrich •Anderson •Bastian •Bicks •Bootle •Boreman •Breitenstein •Brooks •Cecil •Chambers •Choate •Christensen •Connell •Danaher •Dawson •Day •Fee •Freeman •Halbert •Harlan •Hincks •Hoffman •Holder •Hunter •Ingraham •Laramore •Kent •Lemmon •Lord •McGarraghy •Mickelson •Miller •Palmieri •Parkinson •Rogers •Ross •Stewart •Taylor •Thomsen •Tuttle •Van Oosterhout •Vogel •Walsh •Whittaker •Wilson
1955	Alger •Brown •Cameron •Clarke •Davies •Devitt •East •Estes •Grubb •Harlan •Jertberg •Jones •Lumbard •McIlvaine •Miller •Register •Sorg •Van Dusen •Waterman •Watkins •Wortendyke • Wright
1956	Barnes •Bryan •Burger •Cashin •Hamley •Herlands •Johnson •Juergens •Kerr •Kraft •Levet •Lewis •Lieb •Mercer •Morgan •Rich •Rizley •Robinson •Smith •Sobeloff •Weick •Whittaker
1957	Arraj •Breitenstein •Brennan •Egan •Gignoux •Grant •Hastings •Haynsworth •Hicklin •Jameson •Layton •Moore •O'Sullivan •Parkinson •Richardson •Sirica •Stanley •Thompson •Van Pelt •Weber •Whittaker •Wisdom •Zavatt
1958	Beck •Burke •Carswell •Clayton •Hamlin •Henley •Jertberg •Knoch •Martin •Matthes •Miner •Morrill •Poos •Robson •Stanley •Steel •Stewart •Wollenberg
1959	Aldrich •Bartels •Blackmun •Boreman •Butler •Castle •Cecil •Crocker •Dalton •Field •Fisher •Forman •Friendly •Hart •Henderson •Henley •Julian •Kalbfleisch •Kilkenny •Koelsch •Kunzel •MacMahon •Merrill •Metzner •Powell •Smith •Sweigert •Walsh •Weick •Weinman •Wood •Worley •Young
1960	Caffrey •Chilson •Durfee •Hodge •Kaess •Lane •Lewis •Mishler •O'Sullivan •Paul •Smith •Stephenson •Tavares •Timbers