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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaWilliam James BRYAN
(1876-1908)
Senate Years of Service:
1907-1908Party: DemocratBRYAN, William James,
(brother of Nathan Philemon Bryan), a Senator from Florida; born
near Fort Mason, Orange (now Lake) County, Fla., October 10, 1876;
attended the public schools; graduated from Emory College, Oxford,
Ga., (now Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.) in 1896 and from the law
department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in
1899; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in
Jacksonville, Fla.; solicitor of the Duval County Criminal Court of
Record 1902-1907; appointed as a Democrat to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Stephen R.
Mallory and served from December 26, 1907, until his death in
Washington, D.C., March 22, 1908; interment in Evergreen Cemetery,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Bibliography
U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 60th Cong., 1st sess.,
1907-1908. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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