Nathan P. Bryan

Nathan P. Bryan

Nathan Philemon Bryan (* 23. April 1872 at Fort Mason , Orange County , Florida , †  8. August 1935 in Jacksonville , Florida) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ), of the state of Florida in the US Senate took ; later he became a federal judge .

Nathan Bryan attended public schools and graduated from Emory College in Atlanta in 1893 , later Emory University . He then studied at the law school of Washington and Lee University in Lexington until 1895 and was admitted to the bar that same year, after which he began to practice in Jacksonville.

From 1905 to 1909 Bryan was the Board of Control of the Florida State Institutions of Higher Education . On February 22, 1911, he was appointed US senator after the election in the state Legislature had gone without result of Florida. However, it was confirmed by parliament only a little later. After a full term in office between March 4, 1911 and March 3, 1917, Bryan was no longer nominated by his party in 1916. During his time in the Senate, among other things, he was Chairman of the Committee on Claims .

After leaving Congress , Bryan returned to work as a lawyer. He suggested the appointment as governor general of the Philippines by US President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 made was then curator of Emory University and was finally in April 1920 as a successor to Robert Lynn Batts judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit , the Federal court of Appeals for the third district court of Florida. He held this office until his death in 1935. He was followed by Edwin R. Holmes as judge.

His younger brother William was also a US Senator for Florida from 1907 to 1908.

Web links

• Nathan P. Bryan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathan P. Bryan in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Nathan P. Bryan in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges