John Thomas Berry

John Thomas Berry (November 20, 1924 – April 11, 1966) was an American jeweler and politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1961 until his death in 1966.

Early life Berry was born on November 20, 1924, in Danvers, Massachusetts to Thomas J. and Mabel (Drake) Berry. He married Mary Lou Greehy of Peabody, Massachusetts.

Career Berry operated a jewelry shop, John T. Berry Jeweler's Store, in Peabody. That same year he introduced legislation to base automobile insurance premiums on a driver's accident record. In 1963 he supported Michael Paul Feeney in his challenge of John F. Thompson for the position of Speaker of the House. In 1965 he was named chairman of the House cities committee. He also headed a special legislative committee tasked with recommending uses for the shuttered Essex County Sanatorium. Berry died on April 11, 1966, in Salem, Massachusetts.