William James Bryan

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William James Bryan

William James Bryan (* 10. October 1876 at Fort Mason , Orange County , Florida ; †  22. March 1908 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ), of the state of Florida in the US Senate took .

Born in what is now Lake County , William Bryan was the younger brother of Nathan P. Bryan , who also sat for Florida in the US Senate from 1911 to 1917. He attended the common schools and received his first degree in 1896 at Emory College in Oxford ( Georgia ). His law degree he was in 1899 at the Law School of Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ), after which he was admitted to the bar the same year and in Jacksonville started practicing. From 1902 to 1907 he was a solicitor for the Criminal Court in Duval County .

After the death of US Senator Stephen Mallory Jr. on December 23, 1907, Bryan was appointed by Governor Napoleon Broward to succeed him in Congress . He took up his mandate in Washington from December 26, 1907, but died just four months later, on March 22, 1908, of typhoid fever . William Bryan, who was buried in Jacksonville, is the youngest senator to die during his tenure to date.

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SURNAME Bryan, William James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH near Fort Mason , Florida
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1908
Place of death Washington, DC