Preceded by Robert Burns Political party Democratic Name James Berry | Succeeded by Cowboy Pink Williams Profession banker, politician | |
Governor E. W. Marland
Leon C. Phillips
Robert S. Kerr
Roy J. Turner
Johnston Murray Died November 22, 1966
Stillwater, Oklahoma | ||
James Edward Berry (October 2, 1881, near Oak Grove, Jackson County, Missouri – November 22, 1966, Stillwater, Oklahoma) was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma from 1935 to 1955.
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Early life
Berry was born in Missouri in 1881 and came to Oklahoma as a teenager, first living on a farm near Blackwell, Oklahoma and moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma to attend Oklahoma A&M College. Berry served in the Oklahoma National Guard, rising to the rank of major, before the end of his service. A banker, he was elected president of the Stillwater bank in 1929.
Political career
Berry lost his first race for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 1930. He won the seat on his second attempt in 1934 and was sworn in alongside Governor of Oklahoma E.W. Marland in 1935. He continued to serve until 1955, under four different governors.