Charles H. Berry

Charles Henry Berry (September 12, 1823 – August 21, 1900), widely known as C. H. Berry, was an American politician and jurist who served as the first Minnesota Attorney General after statehood and as one of the last justices of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court.

He attended Canandaigua Academy from 1843 to 1846, then studied law under Elbridge G. Lapham and was admitted to the bar in 1848.

In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat as Minnesota's first state attorney general, and served from May 24, 1858, to January 1860.

[1][2] He was instrumental in the establishment of Winona State Normal School, and served as its resident director from 1885 to 1887.

[1][3] On July 9, 1888, President Grover Cleveland nominated Berry to be Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court, and he was confirmed by the senate ten days later.