| LC control no. | n 91060033 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Berry, George Leonard, 1882-1948 |
| Variant(s) | Berry, George L., 1882-1948 |
| Birth date | 18820912 |
| Death date | 19481204 |
| Place of birth | Lee Valley (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Pressmen's Home (Tenn.) |
| Affiliation | International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Labor leaders |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Wayne State Univ. Walter P. Reuther Lib. for International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Local 2 (Detroit, Mich.). Records, 1899-1961 (George Berry) WW labor, 1946 (Berry, George Leonard, Int'l Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North Am.; joined 1898; b. Sept. 12, 1882, Lee Valley, Hawkins Co., Tenn.; s. Thomas Jefferson and Cornelia Trent B.; m. Marie Margaret Gehres, 1907; home: Pressmen's Home, Tenn.) Printers in Appalachia, c1993: p. 1 (George L. Berry; president of IPPAU of NA from 1907 to his death, 1948) Labor conditions abroad, 1913 (George L. Berry) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed July 28, 2014 (Berry, 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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