Joseph Bryan (politician)

Joseph Bryan

Joseph Bryan (born August 18, 1773 in Savannah , Province of Georgia , †  September 12, 1812 there ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1806 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Bryan enjoyed a private school education and later studied at Oxford University in England, among other places . He also studied law in Philadelphia . He later built the "Nonchalance" plantation on Wilmington Island near Savannah, which he managed. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson .

In the 1802 state-wide held congressional elections , he was elected for the re-established third seat of Georgia in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. The third mandate expired in 1793 and was re-established in the elections of 1802. After re-election, Bryan could remain in Congress until his resignation in 1806 ; the exact date of his resignation is unknown. However, it must have been before September 1st, since Dennis Smelt, who was elected as his successor, took up his new mandate on that day . His resignation came shortly after his marriage to Delia Forman (1783-1825). He wanted more time for his new family and the management of his plantation. During his tenure in the US House of Representatives, United States territory was significantly expanded through President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase . In 1804, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in Congress .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Joseph Bryan managed his plantation, where he suddenly died on September 12, 1812 after a brief illness.

Web links

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

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