History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Tennessee

Henry Hunter BRYAN

(1786-1835)

BRYAN, Henry Hunter, (brother of Joseph Hunter Bryan), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Martin County, N.C., February 23, 1786; attended grammar and high schools; moved to Tennessee and held several local offices; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); had been reelected to the Seventeenth Congress but did not qualify; died in Montgomery County, Tenn., May 7, 1835.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present