GEORGE BERRY SENATE TENNESSEE BROWNING STEWART CRUMP POLITICAL PINBACK BUTTON

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ALWAYS GLAD TO COMBINE SHIPPING---BUY 1 ITEM OR 100 IN ANY GIVEN WEEK---PAY ONLY ONCE FOR SHIPPING--$2.95!! TO THE WINNER--PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE IF BUYING MORE THAN ONE ITEM PER WEEK. THANK YOU!!THIS AUCTION:AN AWESOME PIECE HERE...INTERNATIONAL PRESSMEN'S LABOR UNION PRESIDENT GEORGE BERRY WAS APPOINTED TO THE U. S. SENATE TO FILL THE VACANCY CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF TENNESSEE U. S. SENATOR NATHAN BACHMAN IN MAY 1937. SEN. BERRY THEN SOUGHT A FULL TERM FOR THE NEXT ELECTION BUT THE VOTERS IN TENNESSEE PREFERRED A MORE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER THAN A LABOR UNION ACTIVIST, AND SEN. BERRY WAS DEFEATED FOR RE-NOMINATION BY TOM STEWART.NOTE THE WORDING "RETURN" BERRY TO U. S. SENATE==THIS WAS USED TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INCUMBENCY AND PRESTIGE OF ALREADY BEING A SENATOR BUT SINCE BERRY HAD NOT BEEN ELECTED BY THE VOTERS, THE WORD "RE=ELECT" COULD NOT BE USED.ONLY THE 2ND SPECIMEN OF THIS BUTTON I'VE EVER FOUND IN 35 YEARS COLLECTING STATE & LOCALS...AND I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO TENNESSEE!!Senate Years of Service: 1937-1938Party: DemocratCourtesy U.S. Senate Historical OfficeBERRY, George Leonard, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Lee Valley, Hawkins County, Tenn., September 12, 1882; attended the common schools; employed as a pressman from 1891 to 1907 in various cities; served during the First World War in the American Expeditionary Forces, with the rank of major, in the Railroad Transportation Engineers 1918-1919; president of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 1907-1948; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; delegate to many national and international labor conventions; appointed on May 6, 1937, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nathan L. Bachman and served from May 6, 1937, to November 8, 1938, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1938 to fill the vacancy; resumed the presidency of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America, and also his agricultural pursuits at Pressmen's Home, Tenn., until his death on December 4, 1948; interment in Pressmen's Home Cemetery.ALSO--INTERESTING READING:George L. Berry United States Senatorfrom Tennessee In officeMay 6, 1937 - November 8, 1938 Appointed by Gordon Browning Preceded by Nathan L. Bachman Succeeded by Tom Stewart Personal details Born September 12, 1882Rogersville, Tennessee Died December 4, 1948 (aged 66)Pressmen's Home, Tennessee Political party DemocraticGeorge Leonard Berry (September 12, 1882 - December 4, 1948) was president of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America from 1907 to 1948 and a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1937 to 1938.Early lifeBerry was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee , near Rogersville . He left home at a very early age, becoming a pressman's assistant in 1891. He worked in this trade and was a labor union activist, being elected president of its international union in 1907.Pressmen's HomeDuring his tenure, the Pressmen's Union acquired and operated the former Hale Springs Resort, a mineral water resort in East Tennessee not far from Berry's boyhood home, as a sanatorium for its members suffering from "consumption" ( tuberculosis ), a common ailment of its members in that era, a residential trade school for its members to learn more advanced trades and increase their income, and as its international headquarters.Berry had learned of its availability during a visit to his home area in conjunction with a search of the relatively nearby Asheville, North Carolina area, then renowned for its supposed curative properties with regard to respiratory disease. This facility became known as the Pressmen's Home . It was designed to be largely self-sufficient, and one point had a large agricultural operation, and, prior to the coming of the Tennessee Valley Authority , its own hydroelectric power plant.Political experienceIn World War I , Berry... read more

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