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{{Short description|American politician (1912–2000)}}
'''Alfred Nash Beadleston, Jr.''' (February 20, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] politician who served as Speaker of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and President of the [[New Jersey Senate]].

==Biography==

[[File:Alfred_N._Beadleston_checks_election_results.png|thumb|Alfred N. Beadleston (far right) checks election results with other successful Monmouth County Republican candidates in Freehold. [[Red Bank Register]] November 1961]]

Beadleston was born in [[Rumson, New Jersey]], in 1912 to Alfred Nash Beadleston, Sr. (1848–1915), partner in the [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:qnpLeSfQnWIJ:www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/159_charlesst.pdf+Beadleston+%26+Woertz&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg2pQFAb8aznpHZJzwUrGx-SO6K_mh_oNlyO3tHGhtNaYh_NWO7iRgd2CjpCstTRjKKUF0BuvRzMptvOvMnu2mS7svvFqV-rHptug6DB1y0Q0LlO-bpRYSW96oD2S9J0IPR5N2f&sig=AHIEtbQn9Q3isRMZMSUISjQo4abCNAa54w Beadleston & Woerz] brewery, and his wife Helen F. Hazard (1888–1937), daughter of Edward Clarke Hazard of the grocery firm [[E. C. Hazard and Company]]. His parents made headlines when they married in 1909, when the elder Beadleston was 60 years old and his bride was only 21.<ref name=Rumson>{{cite book |title=Rumson |first=Randall |last=Gabrielan |year=2003 |pages=66–67 |publisher=Arcadia |isbn= 978-0-7385-2398-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qr9iTVhNgoC }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bride of A.N. Beadleston, 60, Is Only 21. |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=3 |date=1909-05-13 |access-date=2008-12-31 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1909/05/13/archives/had-blackmail-letters-siano-held-for-death-of-nine-persons-at-a.html
}}</ref> This was his father's second marriage.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Beadleston Divorce Suit |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/10/25/103640300.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 25, 1885 }}</ref>

Beadleston attended [[Fay School]] in [[Southborough, Massachusetts]], and [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]], and [[Yale College]]. After graduating in 1934, Beadleston converted the family brewing company's facilities into commercial property and embarked on a career in public service. In 1938 he was elected to the [[Shrewsbury, New Jersey|Shrewsbury]] Borough Council, and two years later he was elected as [[Mayor of Shrewsbury, New Jersey]]. He served as Shrewsbury mayor from 1941 to 1952.<ref name=Rumson/>

In 1951 Beadleston was elected to the [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] from [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]]. In 1954 he authored legislation commonly known as "The Beadleston Act," which protected students in the State of New Jersey with educational disabilities by guaranteeing their right to [[special education]].<ref name=Rumson/> The Beadleston Act is highly regarded as the cornerstone predecessor to the [[Education for All Handicapped Children Act]], and subsequently the [[Individuals with Disabilities Education Act]].

Beadleston was named Speaker of the Assembly in 1964. In 1967 he was elected to the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]]. He served as Senate President in 1973, becoming one of the few politicians in state history to hold the leadership posts in both houses of the legislature.<ref name=Obit>{{cite news |title=A. Beadleston, Led Assembly, N.J. Senate |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |page=L7 |date= 2000-01-21}}</ref>

Beadleston declined to run for another Senate term in 1977, retiring to his Rumson home. He died on January 18, 2000, at [[Riverview Medical Center]] in [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]] at the age of 88.<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite news |title=Alfred Nash Beadleston |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/19/classified/paid-notice-deaths-beadleston-alfred-nash.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 19, 2000 }}</ref>

==Family==
Beadleston's first marriage, to Sylvia Lawrence White on February 16, 1935. They had William Beadleston, their son, in 1936.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. A.N. Beadleston Has Son |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/02/04/archives/mrs-an-beadleston-has-son.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 4, 1936 }}</ref> Their marriage ended in divorce. He married Isabel Palmer Morrell Waud on February 7, 1948. She was the widow of Dr. Sydney P. Waud of Chicago, a colonel in the [[Medical Corps (United States Army)|Army Medical Corps]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A.N. Beadleston Weds Miss White |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=N4 |date=1935-02-17 |access-date=2008-12-31 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/10/18/archives/miss-sylvia-l-white-engaged-to-marry-troth-of-new-jersey-girl-to.html?sq=sylvia%2520l%2520white&scp=1&st=cse
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Isabel Waud Married in Jersey |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=58 |date=1948-02-08 |access-date=2008-12-31 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/02/08/archives/mrs-isabel-waud-married-in-jersey-daughter-of-mrs-c-p-morrei-wed-to.html}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:50f3xMRsxIYJ:www.njsba.org/specialeducation/History-Special-Education-NJ.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi10iQRBUmhslctZwWbwMDavxs2dAPp28ezd4qwgg5oPjzEzEBagwiD7ztKlRFdTugpUwXaaMHgD-gAhad91qh6egTznghN1DwseSOdadspk8XLFm-tyKddEV4cWYburtoizjZM&sig=AHIEtbRgs8Lk7aNISJe34jML8kXAO_75Iw Beadleston Act]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#BEADLESTON Alfred N. Beadleston] at [[The Political Graveyard]]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/search/#/Alfred+N.+Beadleston Alfred N. Beadleston] at [[The New York Times]]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/search/#/Isabel+Beadleston Isabel M. Beadleston] at [[The New York Times]]

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