- Joseph R. Bryson
Joseph Raleigh Bryson (
January 18 ,1893 -March 10 ,1953 ) was a U.S. Representative fromSouth Carolina .Born in
Brevard, North Carolina , Bryson moved, with his parents, toGreenville, South Carolina , in 1900.He attended the public schools.He was graduated fromFurman University ,Greenville, South Carolina , in 1917 and from the law department of theUniversity of South Carolina at Columbia in 1920. Enlisted onSeptember 28 ,1915 , as a private in Company A,First Infantry, South Carolina National Guard, and served until discharged onAugust 9 ,1916 . Reenlisted onAugust 3 ,1917 , in the Medical Reserve Corps, being discharged as a second lieutenant of Infantry onDecember 12 ,1918 .He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice inGreenville, South Carolina .He served as member of the State house of representatives 1921-1924.He served in the State senate 1929-1932.Bryson was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served from
January 3 ,1939 , until his death in the naval hospital atBethesda, Maryland ,March 10 ,1953 .He was interred in Woodlawn Memorial Park,Greenville, South Carolina .ource
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