Berry, James H
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, United States senator, was born May 15, 1841, in Jackson county, Ala. He removed to Arkansas in 1848; entered the confederate army in 1861 as second lieutenant sixteenth Arkansas infantry; and lost a leg at the battle of Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4, 1862. He was elected to the legislature of Arkansas in 1866; was re-elected in 1872; was elected speaker of the house at the extraordinary session of 1874; was president of the democratic state convention in 1876; and was elected judge of the circuit court in 1878.
He was elected governor in 1882; was elected to the United States senate as a democrat, to fill a vacancy, and was reelected in 1889 and 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.