Charles H. Berry

Charles H. Berry
1st Minnesota Attorney General
In office 1858–1860
Succeeded by	Gordon E. Cole

Charles Henry Berry (September 12, 1823–August 21, 1900) was the first Minnesota Attorney General after statehood, from 1858 to 1860. He also served in the Minnesota Senate 1874-1876.^[1]

Born in Westerly, Rhode Island, Berry was educated in Caton, New York and was admitted to the New York Bar. In 1855, he moved to Winona, Minnesota. Berry also served on the local school board in Winona, Minnesota and was instrumental in establishing the state's first teachers' college, which today is Winona State University. In 1888, President Grover Cleveland Berry a territorial judge in Idaho Territory and he served until Idaho was admitted to the union in 1890.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Charles H. Berry
2. ^ 'Historical Sketches and Notes, Winona State Normal School,' Clyde Orval Kroeger, Jones & Kroeger Company: 1910, Biographical Sketch of Charles H. Berry, pg. 197

Legal offices
Preceded by LaFayette Emmett	Minnesota Attorney General 1858–1860	Succeeded by Gordon E. Cole

Persondata
Name	Berry, Charles H
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	September 12, 1823
Place of birth	Westerly, Rhose Island
Date of death	August 21, 1900
Place of death	Winona, Minnesota