James A. Beaver
| James A. Beaver | |
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Beaver pictured in La Vie 1908, Penn State yearbook
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| 20th Governor of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891 |
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| Lieutenant | William T. Davies |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Pattison |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Pattison |
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President of the Pennsylvania State University Acting |
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In office 1906–1908 |
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| Preceded by | George W. Atherton |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Erle Sparks |
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October 21, 1837 Millerstown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 31, 1914 (aged 76) Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Attorney |
James Addams Beaver (October 21, 1837 – January 31, 1914) was an attorney, recruiter and field commander of Pennsylvania Infantry who was wounded four times during the Civil War, and politician who served as the 20th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891. He also served as the acting president of the Pennsylvania State University from 1906 to 1908.
Born in Millerstown, Pennsylvania, James was educated by his mother (his father having died in 1840) until 1846, when the family removed to Belleville, and he was sent to school. In 1852 he entered Pine Grove Academy, and in 1854 joined the junior class in Jefferson College. Beaver graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1856.
After graduation, he read law in the office of H. N. McAllister, at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and was taken into partnership by him almost as soon as he was of age. During this period of his life he joined a local military company — the "Bellefonte Fencibles," under Capt. Andrew G. Curtin, afterward war governor of Pennsylvania. He made a thorough study of tactics, and, when President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion in 1861, he was second lieutenant of the company which promptly marched for the defence of the national capital.
On the organization of the 45th Pennsylvania volunteers, he became its lieutenant-colonel, and first saw active service in the neighborhood of Hilton Head and Port Royal, South Carolina. A new call for volunteers was issued in 1862, and Lieut-Col. Beaver was commissioned colonel of the 148th Pennsylvania volunteers, recruited in the vicinity of his home. He had by this time developed high qualities as a disciplinarian, and his men made it their boast that they were often mistaken for regulars. The regiment joined the army of the Potomac just after the Battle of Fredericksburg, was assigned to Hancock's corps, and first met the enemy at the Battle of Chancellorsville (2 and 3 May 1863), where it held an advanced position, and lost very heavily, Col. Beaver being among the wounded.
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