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 JAMES H. BERRY

, of Bentonville, was born in Jackson County, Ala., May 15, 1841; removed to Arkansas in 1848; received a limited education at a private school at Berryville, Ark.; studied law, and was admitted to practice in 1866; entered the 'Confederate army in 1861 as second lieutenant, Sixteenth Arkansas Infantry; lost a leg at the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862; was elected to the legislature of Arkansas in 1866; was reëlected in 1872; was elected speaker of the house at the extraordinary session of 1874; was president of the Democratic State convention in 1876; was elected judge of the circuit court in 1878; was elected governor in 1882; was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, to succeed A. H. Garland, appointed Attorney-General, and took his seat March 25, 1885, and was reëlected in 1889 and 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.