John Heritage Bryan

John Heritage Bryan (born November 4, 1798 in New Bern , North Carolina , †  May 19, 1870 in Raleigh , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bryan initially enjoyed a private school education and then attended the New Bern Academy . He then studied until 1815 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1819, he began to work in this profession in New Bern. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Bryan served in the North Carolina Senate in 1823 and 1824 . From 1823 to 1868 he was a curator at the University of North Carolina.

In the 1820s, Bryan was initially a supporter of the future US President Andrew Jackson . During his early days as a Congressman, he turned away from this and became a supporter of the then incumbent President John Quincy Adams . In the congressional election of 1824 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Richard Spaight on March 4, 1825 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1829 . These were determined by the discussions between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson.

In 1828 Bryan declined to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer in New Bern. In 1839 he moved his residence and office to Raleigh. He died there on May 19, 1870. John Bryan was married to Mary Williams Sheperd (1801-1881), with whom he had seven children.

Web links

• John Heritage Bryan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Bryan Heritage in the database of Find a Grave (English)