Campbell Polson Berry

Democrat Representative of California's 3rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

November 7, 1834 (66 years old)

Birthday

January 8, 1901

Death

Served in the California State Assembly for two non-consecutive terms (1869-1873 and 1875-1880), representing Sutter County.
Became Speaker of the California State Assembly in 1877-1878.
Served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives for California’s 3rd District (1879-1883).
Born in Jackson County, Alabama, and moved to Berryville, Arkansas, in 1841 before settling near Yuba City, California, in 1848.
Engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked in the mercantile business prior to his political career.
Declined to seek renomination to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1882.
Died in 1901 and is interred in Fairview Cemetery in Sutter County, California.