George L. Berry
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2024) |
George L. Berry | |
---|---|
United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office May 6, 1937 – November 8, 1938 | |
Appointed by | Gordon Browning |
Preceded by | Nathan L. Bachman |
Succeeded by | Tom Stewart |
Personal details | |
Born | Rogersville, Tennessee, U.S. | September 12, 1882
Died | December 4, 1948 Pressmen's Home, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 66)
Political party | Democratic |
George Leonard Berry (September 12, 1882 – December 4, 1948) was
Early life
Berry was born in
Pressmen's Home
During his tenure, the Pressmen's Union acquired and operated the former Hale Springs Resort, a
Berry had learned of its availability during a visit to his home area in conjunction with a search of the relatively nearby Asheville, North Carolina area, then renowned for its supposed curative properties with regard to respiratory disease. This facility became known as the Pressmen's Home. It was designed to be largely self-sufficient, and one point had a large agricultural operation, and, prior to the coming of the Tennessee Valley Authority, its own hydroelectric power plant.
Political experience
In World War I, Berry participated in the American Expeditionary Force with the rank of major, serving overseas 1918–1919, and then returned home to resume active leadership of his union. He was frequently a delegate to many national and international labor meetings and congresses, and at the 1924 Democratic Convention, was almost nominated for Vice President. On May 6, 1937, he was appointed to the United States Senate by governor of Tennessee Gordon Browning to serve in the place of Nathan L. Bachman, who had died in office.
Turning the day-to-day operation of the union over to others, Berry moved to Washington, D.C. to attend to his senatorial duties. Berry apparently enjoyed being a Senator well enough to desire election in his own right, and ran a campaign seeking the nomination to the balance of the term in the August, 1938 Democratic primary.
However, the people of Tennessee were apparently more interested having the sort of Senator more traditionally associated with the Democratic Party's
Some political historians feel that these defeats can be almost entirely attributed to the influence of the
Death
Berry returned to day-to-day operation of the union and his interests, including agriculture, around the Pressmen's Home until his death. (The union continued to operate the facility for several years after Berry's death.) He was interred at Pressmen's Home but his body was later moved to McKinney Cemetery in nearby Rogersville.
See also
- Pressmen's Home
- Rogersville, Tennessee
- United States Senate
References
- ^ a b "George L. Berry, Labor Leaders, Dies At Age 65". Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle. Associated Press. December 4, 1948. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hill, Ray. "The 1938 Senate Primary in Tennessee". The Knoxville Focus. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
External links
- Media related to George L. Berry at Wikimedia Commons