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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeGeorge Leonard BERRY
(1882-1948)
Senate Years of Service:
1937-1938Party: DemocratBERRY, George Leonard, a
Senator from Tennessee; born in Lee Valley, Hawkins County, Tenn.,
September 12, 1882; attended the common schools; employed as a
pressman from 1891 to 1907 in various cities; served during the
First World War in the American Expeditionary Forces, with the rank
of major, in the Railroad Transportation Engineers 1918-1919;
president of the International Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
of North America 1907-1948; also engaged in agricultural pursuits
and banking; delegate to many national and international labor
conventions; appointed on May 6, 1937, as a Democrat to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nathan L.
Bachman and served from May 6, 1937, to November 8, 1938, when a
successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in
1938 to fill the vacancy; resumed the presidency of the
International Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North
America, and also his agricultural pursuits at Pressmen’s
Home, Tenn., until his death on December 4, 1948; interment in
Pressmen’s Home Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Spencer, Thomas T.
“Printer and Politician: The Political Career of George L.
Berry, 1907-1948. Tennessee Historical Quarterly (Fall
1997): 213-229; Berry, George L. Labor Conditions Abroad.
Rogersville, TN: Technical Trade School, Printing Pressman and
Assistants’ Union, 1913.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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