Guy M. Bryan
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Guy Morrison Bryan was a U.S. Representative
from Texas
.
Born in Herculaneum, Missouri
, Bryan moved to the Mexican State of Texas in 1831 with his parents, who settled near San Felipe.
He attended private schools. He joined the Texas Army at San Jacinto in 1836.
He graduated from Kenyon College
, Gambier, Ohio
, in 1842. He studied law, but never practiced. He engaged in planting.
He served as a private in the Brazoria company, under the command of Captain Ballowe, during the Mexican War with the Texas Volunteers on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1847-1853.
He served in the State senate 1853-1857.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856.
He served as chairman of the Texas delegation in the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860.
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.
During the Civil War
served as volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of General Herbert and afterwards as assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major, of the trans-Mississippi Department.
He established a cotton bureau in Houston, Texas
, in order to escape the blockade along the Gulf.
He moved to Galveston, Texas
, in 1872.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1873, 1879, and 1887–1891, and served as speaker in 1873.
He moved to Quintana, Texas
, in 1890 and to Austin, Texas
, in 1898.
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
.
and his father was James Bryan. 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 Guy Morrison Bryan. Stephen Samuel Perry
was his half-brother.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Born in Herculaneum, Missouri
Herculaneum, Missouri
Herculaneum is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population estimate in 2008 was 3,582. It was 2,805 at the 2000 census. The City of Herculaneum was the first county seat of Jefferson County from January 1, 1819 to 1839. The city celebrated its Bicentennial throughout the...
, Bryan moved to the Mexican State of Texas in 1831 with his parents, who settled near San Felipe.
He attended private schools. He joined the Texas Army at San Jacinto in 1836.
He graduated from Kenyon College
Kenyon College
Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private college in Ohio...
, Gambier, Ohio
Gambier, Ohio
Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,871 at the 2000 census.Gambier is the home of Kenyon College and was named after one of Kenyon College's early benefactors, Lord Gambier....
, in 1842. He studied law, but never practiced. He engaged in planting.
He served as a private in the Brazoria company, under the command of Captain Ballowe, during the Mexican War with the Texas Volunteers on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1847-1853.
He served in the State senate 1853-1857.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856.
He served as chairman of the Texas delegation in the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860.
Bryan was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858.
During the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
served as volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of General Herbert and afterwards as assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major, of the trans-Mississippi Department.
He established a cotton bureau in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, in order to escape the blockade along the Gulf.
He moved to Galveston, Texas
Galveston, Texas
Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...
, in 1872.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1873, 1879, and 1887–1891, and served as speaker in 1873.
He moved to Quintana, Texas
Quintana, Texas
Quintana is a town in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 38 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Quintana is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
, in 1890 and to Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, in 1898.
Bryan was elected president of the Texas Veterans Association in 1892 and served until his death in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, June 4, 1901.
He was interred in the Texas State Cemetery
Texas State Cemetery
The Texas State Cemetery is a cemetery located on about just east of downtown Austin, the capital of Texas. Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and Vice-President of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War...
.
Family
His mother was Emily Austin PerryEmily Austin Perry
Emily Austin Perry was an early settler of Texas and sole heir to Stephen F. Austin. She achieved significant political, economic and social status as a woman in Texas at a time when women often were not equal to men.-Early life:...
and his father was James Bryan. His grandfather, Moses Austin
Moses Austin
Moses Austin played a large part in the development of the American lead industry and is the father of Stephen F. Austin, a leading American settler of Texas. He was the first to be allowed to gather Anglo Americans for settlement in Spanish Texas...
, had initially obtained permission from Mexico to serve as an empresario
Empresario
An empresario was a person who, in the early years of the settlement of Texas, had been granted the right to settle on Mexican land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers. The word is Spanish for entrepreneur.- Background :...
to settle Texas. His grandmother is Mary Brown Austin
Mary Brown Austin
Mary Brown Austin had dramatic influence on early Texas history. Perhaps her most important contribution to history is writing a letter to her son, Stephen, two days before the death of her husband, Moses Austin, imploring Stephen F. Austin to carry out the dying wish of his father—that Stephen...
. His mother Emily's brother was Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen Fuller Austin was born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. He was known as the Father of Texas, led the second, but first legal and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. The capital of Texas, Austin in Travis County,...
.
His brothers include William Joel Bryan
William Joel Bryan
William Joel Bryan was a Texas soldier and land owner.Bryan was born at Hazel Run in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri to James Bryan and Emily Austin Perry. He attended school at Potosi, Missouri until 1830. In 1831, William Joel Bryan's mother and stepfather James Franklin Perry followed...
and Guy Morrison Bryan. Stephen Samuel Perry
Stephen Samuel Perry
Stephen Samuel Perry managed Peach Point Plantation, and is credited with amassing and preserving significant historical manuscripts related to Texas history....
was his half-brother.