★★★ Bryan, Guy Morrison

Guy Morrison Bryan
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Born: January 12, 1821

Birthplace: Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri

Father: James Bryan 1788 – 1822
(Buried: Hazel Run, Missouri)​

Mother: Emily Austin 1795 – 1851
(Buried: Gulf Prairie Cemetery, Jones Creek, Texas)​

Wife: Laura Harrison Jack Bryan 1839 – 1872
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​

Children:

Laura H. Bryan Park 1864 – 1935​
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Hally Ballinger Bryan Perry 1868 – 1955​
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Guy Morrison Bryan Jr. 1872 – 1935​
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas)​

Education:

1842: Graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio​

Occupation before War:

Rancher in Brazoria County, Texas​
Served in the Texas Revolution​
Served in the Mexican War​
1847 – 1853: Texas State Representative​
1853 – 1857: Texas State Senator​
1856: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1857 – 1859: United States Congressman from Texas​
1857 - 1859: Missed 188 of 548 Roll Call Votes in U.S. Congress​
1857 - 1859: Member of House Agriculture Committee​
1857 - 1859: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1857 - 1859: Member of House Revisal and Unfinished Business Committee​
1860: Chairman of Democratic Party Convention in Baltimore, Maryland​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention​
1861: Major in the Confederate Army​
1861: Volunteer Aide to General Hebert​
1863: Assistant Adjutant to General Edmund Kirby Smith​
Helped organize the Texas Cotton Bureau​
1864 – 1865: Colonel and Military Court Judge in Confederate Army​

Occupation after War:
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1865 – 1890: Lived in Galveston, Texas​
1873: Texas State Representative​
1879: Texas State Representative​
1887 – 1891: Texas State Representative​
1890 – 1898: Lived in Quintana, Texas​
1892 – 1901: President of Texas Veterans Association​
1898 – 1901: Lived in Austin, Texas​

Died: June 4, 1901

Place of Death: Austin, Texas

Age at time of Death: 80 years old

Burial Place: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
 
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Sorry if I came across "harshly". That was not my intention at all. I think Bryan served at least six differant terms (or more.?) One was pre war.
It didn't sound harsh. But it is a notable fact. We'd have to look at the details to see if that meant he moved a lot or the lines changed a lot. Legislators today can serve in different numbered districts after reapportionment, even though they are at the same address.
 
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FIRE EATER IN THE BORDERLANDS: THE POLITICAL LIFE OF GUY MORRISON BRYAN, 1847-1891
Ariel Leticia Kelley
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
August 2020
Copyright 2020 by Ariel Leticia Kelley

From 1847 to 1891, Guy Morrison Bryan was a prominent Texas politician who influenced many of the policies and events that shaped the state. Raised in his Uncle Stephen F. Austin's shadow, he was a Texas nationalist who felt responsible for promoting the interests of his state, its earliest settlers, and his family. During his nineteen years in the Texas Legislature and two years in the United States House of Representatives, he safeguarded land grants, supported internal improvements and education, and challenged northern hostility towards slavery. Convinced that abolitionists would stop at nothing to destroy the institution and Texas, he led his state's walkout of the National Democratic Convention in 1860 and became a leading proponet of secession. During the Civil War, he served as a staff officer, and his ability to mediate conflicts between local and national leaders propped up the isolated Confederate Trans Mississippi Department. Finally as Speaker of the House, he helped oust Governor Edmund J. Davis in 1874 and "redeem" the state from Republican rule before convincing President Rutherford B. Hayes to adopt a conciliatory policy towards Texas and the South. Despite the tremendous influence Bryan wielded, scholars have largely ignored his contributions. This dissertation establishes his significance, uses his willingness to transfer national allegiances to consider nationalism--whether Texan, American, or Confederate--in the United States-Mexico Borderlands, and sheds light on neglected subjects like the role of staff officers in the Civil War.


Because of copywrite, please use above link

Cheers,
USS ALASKA
 
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