J. Berry Harrison

J Berry Harrison was born on January 10, 1939, to J. D. "Jake" and Virginia Berry Harrison in Fairfax, Oklahoma. He graduated from Fairfax Public Schools in 1957, before attending Oklahoma State University where he played on the 1958 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team. He later transferred to Northeastern State University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He married in 1961, had two children, and started ranching in Osage County.^[1]

Harrison served in the Oklahoma Senate as a member of the Democratic Party representing the 10th district from 1990 to 2006. He was preceded in office by John Dahl and succeeded in office by Joe Sweeden.^[2] He died on October 21, 2020, in Tulsa from complications following a stroke.^[1]