Chester E. Bryan was a Democratic politician and newspaper publisher in the U. S. State of Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 who was Ohio State Treasurer

Ohio State Treasurer

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 from 1917 to 1919.

Biography

Chester E. Bryan was born at London

London, Ohio

London is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, United States. Located about southwest of the Ohio capital of Columbus, London was established in 1811 to serve as the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,771, an increase from 7,807 in 1990. It is the...

, Madison County, Ohio

Madison County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,213 people, 13,672 households, and 10,035 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 14,399 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...

October 29, 1859, and continued to reside there. His father established the Madison County Democrat in 1857, and he succeeded as editor and publisher. He attended state and national Democratic Party conventions, and served as head of his county organization. He also served as president of three different state editorial associations in Ohio.

In 1916, Bryan was elected to a two year term as Ohio Treasurer, serving January 1917 to January 1919.