Campbell Polson Berry
{{Short description|American politician (1834–1901)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Campbell Polson Berry
| image = Campbell Polson Berry - Brady-Handy.jpg
| office = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 3rd district
| term = March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
| predecessor = John K. Luttrell
| successor = Barclay Henley
| office2 = 22nd Speaker of the California State Assembly
| term2 = December 1877 – April 1878
| preceded2 = Gideon J. Carpenter
| succeeded2 = Jabez F. Cowdery
| office3 = Member of the California State Assembly
| term3 = 1869–1878
| constituency3 = 25th district (1875–1878)
| constituency4 = 23rd district (1869–1875)
| birth_date = November 7, 1834
| birth_place = Jackson County, Alabama
| death_date = January 8, 1901 (aged 66)
| death_place = Wheatland, California
| party = Democratic
}}
Campbell Polson Berry (November 7, 1834 – January 8, 1901) was a Democratic politician from California. He served in the California State Assembly from 1869 to 1873 and again from 1875 to 1880, representing Sutter County, and became Speaker of the Assembly in 1877–78. He later served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California's 3rd District for two terms from 1879 to 1883.{{cite web |last1=Vassar |first1=Alex |last2=Myers |first2=Shane |title=Campbell P. Berry |url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/7091 |website=JoinCalifornia.com |access-date=March 1, 2023}}
Early life
Born in Jackson County, Alabama; Berry moved with his parents to Berryville, Arkansas in 1841. He attended grammar school in Berryville, and moved to California in 1848, settling near Yuba City.
= Career =
Berry engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked in the mercantile business {{Cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000415|title=BERRY, Campbell Polson - Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=2019-05-29}} before being elected to the California State Assembly in the 1868 election. For a year, Berry served as the Speaker of the California State Assembly for one year before his election the U.S. House of Representatives in 1878.
In 1882, Berry declined to be a candidate for renomination and was succeeded by Democrat Barclay Henley.
= Death =
In 1901, Berry died. He is interred in Fairview Cemetery in Sutter County, California.
Electoral history
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Campbell Polson Berry
| votes = 20,019
| percentage = 50.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Joseph McKenna
| votes = 19,800
| percentage = 49.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Workingman's Party
| candidate = George T. Elliott
| votes = 93
| percentage = 0.2
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 39,912
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
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{{Election box begin no change | title= 1880 United States House of Representatives elections in California, District 3
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Campbell Polson Berry (Incumbent)
| votes = 21,743
| percentage = 51.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = George A. Knight
| votes = 20,494
| percentage = 48.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent (US)
| candidate = W. A. Howe
| votes = 172
| percentage = 0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Greenback Party
| candidate = A. Musselman
| votes = 85
| percentage = 0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent (US)
| candidate = A. G. Clark
| votes = 26
| percentage = 0.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 42,520
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
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{{succession box |title=California State Assemblyman, 23rd District
(Sutter County seat) |before=B. R. Spilman|after=Augustus L. Chandler |years=1869–1873}}
{{succession box |title=California State Assemblyman, 25th District |before=John Simpson|after=Augustus L. Chandler |years=1875–1880}}
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| title = Speaker of the California State Assembly
| years = December 1877 – April 1878
| before = Gideon J. Carpenter
| after = Jabez F. Cowdery
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|state=California
|district=3
|before=John K. Luttrell
|after=Barclay Henley
|years=1879–1883
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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
Category:Speakers of the California State Assembly
Category:People from Sutter County, California
Category:People from Jackson County, Alabama
Category:19th-century members of the California State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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