Ellis Yarnal Berry

Ellis Yarnal Berry ( born October 6, 1902 in Larchwood, Lyon County, Iowa; † 1 April 1999 in Rapid City, South Dakota ) was an American politician. Between 1951 and 1971 he represented the second electoral district of the state of South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

Ellis Berry attended the Philip High School in South Dakota and then from 1920 to 1922, the Morningside College in Sioux City. After studying law at the University of South Dakota, he was admitted in 1927 as a lawyer. Then he began to work in his new profession in Kennebec and from 1929 in McLaughlin. After that, he was district attorney and mayor of the town McLaughlin. From 1931 to 1939 Berry was also judge of the probate court in Corson County. Since 1938 he worked as editor of the newspaper " McLaughlin Messenger " in the newspaper business. In 1952, even should the leaves " McIntosh News" and " Morristown World" added. From 1938 to 1950 he also edited the magazine of the Law Society of South Dakota.

Political career

Ellis Berry was a member of the Republican Party, whose party days in South Dakota in 1934 he, in 1936 and 1938 attended as a delegate. In the years 1939 and 1941, he was elected to the Senate of South Dakota. From 1940 to 1943 he was a member of the Commission traversed by the Missouri states that dealt with this river and the issues involved. Between 1946 and 1950 Berry was in the Education Committee of his state. In 1950 he was elected for the second constituency of South Dakota as the successor of Francis H. Case in the U.S. House of Representatives. After a total of nine re- election he was able to exercise this mandate between January 1951 and January 3, 1971 3 ten legislative periods. In 1970 he abandoned a bid again. End of his life spent Ellis Berry in Rapid City, where he died in 1999.