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Edmund DeBerry (August 14, 1787 – December 12, 1859) was aU.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina, from 1829 to 1831, from 1833 to 1845 and from 1849 to 1851.
Born inLawrenceville, North Carolina inMontgomery County, DeBerry attended schools at High Shoals, then engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the operation of cotton and flour mills.
He was a member of theNorth Carolina State Senate 1806–1811, 1813, 1814, 1820, 1821, and 1826–1828 and served as ajustice of the peace. He was elected to the21st United States Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831) as anAnti-Jacksonian, was defeated for reelection in 1830. He ran again as aWhig in 1832 and served in the23rd through the28th Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1845), becoming chairman of the Agriculture Committee. He did not run in 1844 but was elected to one final term in the31st Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851) after which he retired from politics.
DeBerry resumed his former agricultural and business pursuits and died at his home in Pee Dee Township, Montgomery County, North Carolina, in 1859. He is interred in the family cemetery on his plantation near Mount Gilead.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 7th congressional district 1829–1831 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 7th congressional district 1833–1843 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 4th congressional district 1843–1845 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 3rd congressional district 1849–1851 | Succeeded by |
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