James Andrew "Jack" Beall (October 25, 1866 – February 12, 1929) was an American politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1915. Beall was born on a farm near Midlothian, Texas. He attended the county schools and then taught school in 1884 and 1885. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin, in 1890, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Waxahachie, Texas. Beall was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1892-1895. He served in the Texas Senate, 1895-1899, and was elected as a Democrat to the 58th Congress, and to the five succeeding Congresses, March 4, 1903-March 3, 1915. In Congress, he was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (62nd Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914. After leaving Congress, Beall moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1914, and resumed the practice of law and also engaged in banking. He served as president of the Texas Electric Railway Company from 1921 until his death. Jack Beall died at age 62 in Dallas. He is interred in Oakland Cemetery.
