George Noah Beamer (October 9, 1904 – October 21, 1974) was an American judge and politician who served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Beamer also served also the 30th Indiana Attorney General from 1941 to 1943.
George N. Beamer
Indiana Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Born 1904 in Bowling Green, IN
Died 1974
FJC ID: 127
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 14/year
Indiana Northern District Court · 1962–1974
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, South Bend, Indiana1929–1962
- State of IndianaAttorney general · 1942–1944
- Indiana Public Service CommissionChairman · 1943–1944
- South Bend, IndianaCity attorney · 1939–1941
- St. Joseph County, IndianaProsecutor · 1937–1939
- South Bend [Indiana] City CourtJudge · 1933–1935
Appointments
1962–1974 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Notre Dame Law SchoolLL.B. · 1929