John Bryant (Texas politician)
John Wiley Bryant (born February 22, 1947) is an American politician who represented Texas's 5th congressional district in the 98th to 104th U.S. Congress.
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 114th district | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | John Turner |
| 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) |
Early life and education
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. Bryant served as counsel to a committee of the Texas senate in 1973.
Political career
Bryant 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.
While in the United States House of Representatives Bryant was one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the case in the impeachment trial of Judge Alcee Hastings. Hastings was found guilty by the United States Senate and removed from his federal judgeship.[2]
In 1996 Bryant was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate election in Texas, 1996.
Bryant would not reenter politics until 2021.[3]
Post congressional career
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. Bryant declared, “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.”[3] He won the primary in May 2022.[4] He won the general election in November 2022.[5]
References
- "Marriage announcement". The Brazosport Facts. 1968-10-06. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- "List of Individuals Impeached by the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- "Field set for March primaries that will reshape face of Texas Legislature, delegation to Congress". 14 December 2021.
- "North Texas House election results: John Bryant beats Alexandra Guio in comeback bid". 25 May 2022.
- "Leading off (11/9/22)". 9 November 2022.
External links
- United States Congress. "John Bryant (id: B000997)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN