- James W. Bryan
James Wesley Bryan (
March 11 ,1874 -August 26 ,1956 ) was a U.S. Representative fromWashington .Born in Lake Charles,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana , Bryan attended the public schools and Lake Charles College atLake Charles, Louisiana .He was graduated fromBaylor University ,Waco, Texas , in 1895 and fromYale University in 1897.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice atLake Charles, Louisiana .He moved toBremerton, Washington , in 1905 and continued the practice of law. City attorney in 1907, 1908, and again in 1911.He served as member of the State senate 1908-1912.Bryan was elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-third Congress (
March 4 ,1913 -March 3 ,1915 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.He owned and published the Navy Yard American from 1915 to 1917.He resumed the practice of law.He served as prosecuting attorney of Kitsap County 1926-1930.He served as president of the Bremerton Port Commission 1933-1936. Practiced law inBremerton, Washington , until his death there onAugust 26 ,1956 .He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery.ource
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