Guy M. Bryan
Guy Morrison Bryan | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Herculaneum, Missouri Territory | January 12, 1821
Died | June 4, 1901 Austin, Texas | (aged 80)
Resting place | Texas State Cemetery[1] Austin, Texas |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Laura Harrison Jack |
Alma mater | Kenyon College |
Occupation | Planter, politician |
Military service | |
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Battles/wars | Texas Revolution Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Guy Morrison Bryan (January 12, 1821 – June 4, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Biography[]
Bryan was born in Herculaneum in the Missouri Territory on January 12, 1821. His family moved to the Mexican State of Texas in 1831, and settled near San Felipe. The extended Bryan family later settled in Brazoria County, and his parents operated a sugar plantation called Peach Point. Guy Bryan attended the private school of Thomas Pilgrim in Columbia, Texas, joined the Texas Army in 1836, and took part in the Texas Revolution.
In 1842 Bryan graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He studied law, but never practiced, instead becoming a sugar planter in Brazoria County. His college classmates included Rutherford B. Hayes, and Hayes visited Bryan at his plantation in 1848.
Bryan served in the Mexican–American War as a private in the Brazoria company commanded by Captain Samuel Ballowe.
During the Civil War Bryan sided with the Confederacy, and served as volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Paul Octave Hébert, afterwards serving as assistant adjutant general of the Trans-Mississippi Department with the rank of major. He established a cotton bureau in Houston, Texas in order to escape the Union blockade along the Gulf.
After the war Bryan moved to Galveston (1872), Quintana (1890), and Austin (1898). He was again a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1873, 1879, and 1887 to 1891, and he served as Speaker in 1873.
Bryan was elected president of the Texas Veterans Association in 1892 and served until his death in Austin, Texas, June 4, 1901. He was interred in the Texas State Cemetery.
Politics[]
He was a delegate to the 1856 Democratic National Convention. Bryan was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. He served as chairman of the Texas delegation to the 1860 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore.
Here are the terms he served in order of when it happened[]
- House of Representatives
- Representative of the from December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849.
- Representative of the from November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851
- Representative of the from November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853
- Representative of the from January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876
- Representative of the from January 14, 1879 – January 11, 1881
- Representative of the Texas House of Representatives, District 64 from May 2, 1888 – January 13, 1891
- Senate
- Senator of the Texas Senate, District 24 from November 7, 1853 – November 2, 1857
Family[]
His mother was Emily Austin Perry and his father was James Bryan.[2] His grandfather, Moses Austin, had initially obtained permission from Mexico to serve as an empresario to settle Texas. His grandmother is Mary Brown Austin. His mother Emily's brother was Stephen F. Austin.
His brothers include William Joel Bryan and Moses Austin Bryan. Stephen Samuel Perry was his half-brother.
References[]
- ^ "Guy Morrison Bryan". Find A Grave. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- ^ "Bryan, Guy Morrison". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
Sources[]
- United States Congress. "Guy M. Bryan (id: B000985)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links[]
- Genealogy of Guy Morrison Bryan wikitree.com
- 1821 births
- 1901 deaths
- People from Herculaneum, Missouri
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives
- Texas Democrats
- Burials at Texas State Cemetery
- Kenyon College alumni
- Confederate States Army officers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- People from Jones Creek, Texas
- Members of the Texas House of Representatives