Joseph Hunter Bryan (April 9, 1782 – December 28, 1839) was a

Congressional Representative A member of congress (MOC), also known as a congressman or congresswoman, is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The t ...

from

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

. He was born in

Martin County, North Carolina Martin County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 22,031. Its county seat is Williamston, North Carolina, Williamston. History Ma ...

, and was a brother of

Henry Hunter Bryan Henry Hunter Bryan (February 23, 1786 – May 7, 1835) was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Bryan was born in Martin County, North Carolina and attended grammar and high sch ...

. Member of the State house of commons 1804, 1805, and 1807–1809; trustee of the

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, 1809–1817, and was sent to

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on behalf of the university to secure from the general assembly of Tennessee its claims to

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ed lands; elected as a

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to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819); interment in Elmwood Cemetery,

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...

. He died at

La Grange, Tennessee La Grange is a town in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. A large area in the town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as La Grange Historic District (La Grange, Tennessee), La Gr ...

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U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
1782 births 1839 deaths Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Martin County, North Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub

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