Background
Beamish was born the son of Francis Allen and Mary Loftus.
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Beamish attended the National School of Elocution in Ontario and the newly founded Saint Thomas College in Scranton.
Career
He served a term as the state"s Secretary of the Commonwealth, and served on the state"s Public Utilities Commission. Francis Beamish had served a term as mayor of Scranton, and was owner and editor of the Scranton Free Press. He was admitted to the bar and appointed Assistant District Attorney in Lackawanna County in 1890.
After three years, he became editor of the Scranton Free Press, and later was editor and journalist for several Philadelphia newspapers.
He also taught and coached football at Saint Thomas College. In 1926, he was appointed by Governor Pinchot to the state"s Public Service Commission.
During Pinchot"s second term, Beamish was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth. He resigned in 1934 and returned to newspaper work so as to support Democratic candidates.
In 1937, he was appointed chief counsel to the state"s Public Utilities Commission, the newly reconstituted and named former Public Service Commission, for a six-year term.
During the war, he proposed banning college football.
