John Wiley Bryant
John Wiley Bryant (born February 22, 1947) is a former American politician who represented Texas's 5th congressional district in the 98th to 104th U.S. Congress.
John Wiley Bryant | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Mattox |
| Succeeded by | Pete Sessions |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 33—L district | |
| In office January 29, 1974 – January 11, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph P. Hawn |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
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| Born | John Wiley Bryant February 22, 1947 Lake Jackson, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Education | Southern Methodist University (AB, JD) |
Bryant was born in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas. Following a B.A. at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas in 1969 Bryant studied law at Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he graduated in 1972. He was also admitted to the Texas bar in 1972. He served as counsel to a committee of the Texas senate in 1973 and was elected to Texas house of representatives in a special election in 1974 and was reelected from 1974 to 1982. He was elected as a Democrat to the 98th Congress in 1982 and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from 1983 to 1997. In 1996 Bryant was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate election in Texas, 1996. In the mid-1990s he was one of the co-founders of the United Baseball League (UBL) which was a planned third major league. Bryant is a current student of Perkins School of Theology and taking a prayer and spirituality course as he pursues a discipline in Spiritual Discipline.
In 2021, John Bryant filed to run for state representative in Texas's 114th district, after being out of politics for 24 years. According to Bryant, “I am so alarmed at the continued extremes to which the Trump forces has gone in trying to take our country over and now this has arrived in Texas. I want to get off the sidelines and get back into the fight.”[2]
References
- "Marriage announcement". The Brazosport Facts. 1968-10-06. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- "Field set for March primaries that will reshape face of Texas Legislature, delegation to Congress". 14 December 2021.
External links
- United States Congress. "John Wiley Bryant (id: B000997)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN