James W. Bryan

James W. Bryan

James Wesley Bryan (born March 11, 1874 in Lake Charles , Louisiana , †  August 26, 1956 in Bremerton , Washington ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Washington in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Bryan attended his home state schools in Louisiana and Lake Charles College . Until 1895 he studied at Baylor University in Waco ( Texas ) and then until 1897 at Yale University . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1898, he began to work in Lake Charles in his new profession. In 1905 Bryan moved to Washington State, where he established himself as a lawyer in Bremerton. In this city he worked as a city lawyer in 1907, 1908 and 1911. At the same time he began a political career.

Bryan was a member of the Washington Senate between 1908 and 1912 . In the 1912 congressional elections, he was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Party in the newly created fourth constituency of his state in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1913. Since he was not confirmed in 1914, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 .

Between 1915 and 1917 Bryan was the owner and editor of Navy Yard American newspaper. He also worked as a lawyer again. Between 1926 and 1930 he was a district attorney in Kitsap County . He was then from 1933 to 1936 head of the Bremerton Harbor Commission. James Bryan died on August 26, 1956 in Bremerton and was buried there.

Web links

• James W. Bryan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James W. Bryan in the database of Find a Grave (English)