 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaBRYAN, John Heritage
(1798—1870)
BRYAN, John Heritage, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., November 4, 1798; studied under private teachers and attended New Bern Academy; was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1815; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in New Bern, N.C.; member of the State senate in 1823 and 1824; trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1823-1868; elected as Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress and as an Adams candidate in the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); was not a candidate for renomination in 1828; resumed the practice of law in New Bern; moved to Raleigh in 1839 and continued the practice of law; died in Raleigh, N.C., May 19, 1870; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Bryan, John Herritage. An oration, delivered at Chapel Hill, on Wednesday, the 23d June, 1830; the day preceding commencement, at the University of North Carolina; according to the annual appointment of the two literary societies belonging to the University
. Newbern: Printed by J. I. Pasteur, 1830.
———. Orations on the death of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, delivered at the request of the citizens of Newbern, on the 17th and 24th July, 1826
. Newbern, [N.C.]: Printed by Watson & Machen, 1826.
———. Speech of Mr. Bryan, on the proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States, respecting the election of president and vice president. Delivered in the House of Representatives March 13, 1826
. [Washington: N.p., 1826].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
|
