
Fernando Cortez Beaman (28 June 1814-27 September 1882) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-MI 2) from 4 March 1861 to 3 March 1863 (succeeding Henry Waldron and preceding Charles Upson) and from MI-1 from 4 March 1863 to 3 March 1871 (succeeding Bradley F. Granger and preceding Waldron).
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Fernando Cortez Beaman was born in Chester, Vermont in 1814, and he moved to Rochester, New York in 1836 and studied law. He moved to Manchester, Michigan in 1838 and was admitted to the bar a year later, and he then moved to Tecumseh in 1841 and then to Clinton. In 1843, after moving to Adrian, he became prosecuting attorney for Lenawee County, and he served as city attorney and organized the local GOP at Jackson in 1854. He served as a county probate judge from 1854 to 1860, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1871. In 1879, he declined appointment to the US Senate due to ill health, and he died in 1882.