Beryl Anthony, Jr.
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Beryl Franklin Anthony, Jr., was a representative from Arkansas to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas on February 21, 1938. He is also a current resident of El Dorado.
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[edit] Education
He attended the Union County public schools. Anthony graduated from El Dorado High School in 1956 and went on to pursue Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he graduated in 1961. He obtained a Jurist Doctor from the same university in 1963
[edit] Legal career
He was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1963 and commenced practice in El Dorado. Anthony became assistant attorney general from 1964 to 1965; deputy prosecuting attorney in Union County from 1966 to 1970; prosecuting attorney for the 13th Judicial District from 1971 to 1976 and legal counsel to Anthony Forest Products Co. in 1977. He started his own private practice of law in 1977
[edit] Political career
Anthony was a delegate to Arkansas State Democratic conventions from 1964 to 1978. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1993). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress.
