BRYAN, James Wesley
1. (1874—1956)
BRYAN, James Wesley, a Representative from Washington; born in Lake Charles,
Calcasieu Parish, La., March 11, 1874; attended the public schools and Lake
Charles College at Lake Charles, La.; was graduated from Baylor University,
Waco, Tex., in 1895 and from Yale University in 1897; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice at Lake Charles, La.; moved to
Bremerton, Wash., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; city attorney in
1907, 1908, and again in 1911; member of the State senate 1908-1912; elected as
a Progressive to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); was an
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress;
owned and published the Navy Yard American from 1915 to 1917; resumed the
practice of law; prosecuting attorney of Kitsap County 1926-1930; president of
the Bremerton Port Commission 1933-1936; practiced law in Bremerton, Wash.,
until his death there on August 26, 1956;
interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present;
Contributed by A. Newell.