Biography
Craddock was born in Munfordville,Kentucky on October 26,1881,a son of Berry Carter Craddock and Alice Green (McCarty) Craddock. [1] He attended the public schools of Hart County and the Green River Collegiate Institute. [1] The 1896 death of his father caused Berry to begin working to help support his seven brothers and sisters,and he was employed as a printer for the Hart County News. [1]
In 1898,Craddock joined the United States Army for the Spanish–American War and was assigned to Troop F,3rd Cavalry Regiment. [1] He served in the Philippines during the Philippine–American War and in China during the China Relief Expedition,the U.S. response to the Boxer Rebellion. [1] Craddock was promoted to corporal and sergeant,and was discharged at Fort Yates,North Dakota in 1902. [1]
After returning to Kentucky,Craddock was employed in the transportation department of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. [1] In 1905,he accepted a position as a railroad engineer with the Isthmian Canal Commission,and he remained in the Panama Canal Zone until 1910. [1] He returned to Munfordville in 1910 and became the owner and operator of a successful farm that grew tobacco in addition to raising cattle and hogs. [1]
Craddock was active in politics as a Republican,and served as chairman of the party in Hart County. [1] In addition to serving for several years as a justice of the peace,Craddock was a member of the Munfordville Board of Trustees from 1910 to 1925. [1] [2] During World War I,he recruited volunteers for the American Red Cross and YMCA,and organized several Liberty Loan drives. [1] In 1922,he assisted in organizing the Burley Tobacco Growers Association,of which he served as a director until 1941. [2] He served as member of the Kentucky Mammoth Cave National Park Commission from 1922 to 1928. [2]
Craddock was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4,1929 –March 3,1931). [2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. [2] After leaving Congress,Craddock was a field representative for the Federal Farm Board in 1931 and 1932. [2] He was an agent for the Kentucky Blue Grass Cooperative Association in 1933 and 1934. [2]
From 1934 to 1935,Craddock served as treasurer of Hart County,Kentucky. [2] He later resumed farming,and was a member of the State Agricultural Adjustment Administration Committee from 1939 until his death. [2] Craddock died in Louisville,Kentucky on May 20,1942. [2] He was buried at New Munfordville Cemetery in Munfordville. [3]
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