John Berry

Democrat Representative of Ohio's 14th district

  • Representative

    Ohio, district 14

    December 1, 1873 - March 3, 1875

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

January 1, 1833 (46 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1879

Death

  • Served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1875.
  • Born near Carey, Ohio, and attended public schools and Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • Graduated from the law department of Cincinnati College in 1857.
  • Admitted to the bar in April 1857 and commenced practice in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
  • Elected prosecuting attorney of Wyandot County in 1862 and reelected in 1864.
  • Served as mayor of Upper Sandusky in 1864.
  • His son, Junius, died in infancy in July of that year.
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress.
  • Declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874.
  • Resumed the practice of law in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where he died in 1879.
  • Interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, near Upper Sandusky, Ohio.