Winston Bryant

Winston Bryant (born October 3, 1938 in Malvern , Arkansas ) is an American lawyer and politician . Between 1981 and 1991 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Arkansas.

Career

Winston Bryant attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Arkansas and his admission to the bar, he began to work in this profession. In 1970 he expanded his legal knowledge at George Washington University in Washington, DC In between he served as a captain in the United States Army from 1963 to 1965 . He served as a lawyer for the Arkansas Insurance Commission in 1966 . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1967 he was assistant federal attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas. Between 1968 and 1971 he was on the staff of US Senator John Little McClellan . He then served until 1972 as an assistant district attorney in Hot Spring County .

Between 1973 and 1976, Bryant was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives ; from 1977 to 1979 he held the office of Secretary of State . In 1979 he was a member of a constitutional convention of his state. In 1980, Bryant was elected lieutenant governor of Arkansas alongside Frank D. White . He held this office between 1981 and 1991. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . From 1983 he served under the new Governor and later US President Bill Clinton . After serving as Lieutenant Governor, he was Attorney General of his state between 1991 and 1999 . In 1996 he was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the US Senate. Since then he has practiced as a private lawyer again. He is married and has one grown son.

Web links

• Biography (English)
• The Political Graveyard