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{{short description|42nd Mayor of Kansas City (1924-1930)}}
'''Albert Isaac Beach''' ([[July 30]], [[1883]] – [[January 21]], [[1939]]) was the last mayor of [[Kansas City, Missouri]] before the city adopted the [[City Manager]] form of government.▼
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Albert I. Beach
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| office = 42nd [[List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri|Mayor of Kansas City]]
| term_start = 1924
| term_end = 1930
| predecessor = [[Frank H. Cromwell]]
| successor = [[Bryce B. Smith]]
| birth_name = Albert Isaac Beach
| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|7|30}}
| birth_place = [[Olathe, Kansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age |1939|01|21|1883|07|30}}
| death_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery]]<br />Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Kansas]]<br />[[Washington University in St. Louis]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Marjorie Marshall|1907}}
}}
▲'''Albert Isaac Beach''' (
==Biography==
He moved to Kansas City in 1908
The first city manager [[Henry F. McElroy]] took office in 1926 with the backing of big city boss [[Thomas Pendergast]]. McElroy took over Beach's office and he was relegated to a small office. The city manager government was to mark the zenith of Pendergast power. {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Beach was delegate of the [[Republican National Convention]] from Missouri in 1928. {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
He was member of the [[American Bar Association]]; [[Beta Theta Pi]]; [[Phi Delta Phi]]; [[Freemasons]]. {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Beach died at his home in Kansas City, [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]], Missouri on January 21, 1939, from [[coronary thrombosis]]. He was buried at [[Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery]] in Kansas City.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110916542/rites-for-a-i-beach-23-jan-1939-the/ |title=Rites for A. I. Beach |date=1939-01-23 |newspaper=[[The Kansas City Star]] |page=8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=October 2022 |reason=cause of death}}
Notable events during his tenure included:
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*Construction of a hospital on Hospital Hill
==References==▼
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071008095543/http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=35048 Kansas City Public Library History]▼
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{{succession box | title=[[Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri]] | before=[[Frank H. Cromwell]] | after=[[Bryce B. Smith]]| years=1924–1930}}
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▲==References==
▲*[http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=35048 Kansas City Public Library History]
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