Perry started practicing law in Norwalk in 1872 and moved to Bridgeport in 1887.[1] Perry was selected judge of the common pleas court in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He was re-appointed several terms, serving from 1889 to 1893.[1][3]
Perry represented Southport in the Connecticut Constitutional Convention of 1902. He served as the vice president of the convention.[1][4] In 1902, Perry was considered for the Republican nomination in the 1902 Connecticut gubernatorial election, but he withdrew his name in favor of Abiram Chamberlain.[6] In June 1903, Perry was appointed as a commissioner of the Connecticut State Police.[7] He served again as police commissioner from 1913 to 1917.[8][9] By 1919, Perry was serving as president of the board of commissioners.[10]
Starting in 1909, Perry worked with a commission to push legislation in Connecticut to have a direct primary, a system of election that had become popular in other states in the country at the time.[11] In 1913, Perry served as a member of the Connecticut Senate, representing the 25th District.[1][4]
In January 1922, Perry was appointed as city counsel of Fairfield.[12] Perry was elected to the Fairfield school board in October 1923.[13] He resigned from the school committee in March 1924.[14] Perry served as a director of the Hartford Retreat, president of the Southport Savings Bank and director of the Southport Trust Company.[1]
Personal life
Perry married Virginia Bulkley on September 23, 1874.[1] His wife died in 1923.[15]
In 1912, Perry was injured in an automotive accident after jumping out of the car prior to a head-on collision.[16] Perry died on September 2, 1928, at a summer camp in Averill, Vermont.[4][17]
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