Joseph R. Bryson

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|name = Joseph Raleigh Bryson

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|alt = Joseph R. Bryson in 1939

|state = South Carolina

|district = 4th

|term_start = January 3, 1939

|term_end = March 10, 1953

|predecessor = Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr.

|successor = Robert T. Ashmore

|office2 = Member of the South Carolina Senate from Greenville County

|term2 = January 8, 1929 – January 10, 1933

|office3 = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County

|term3 = January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925

|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|01|18}}

|birth_place = Brevard, North Carolina

|death_date = {{death date and age|1953|03|10|1893|01|18}}

|death_place = Bethesda, Maryland

|restingplace = Greenville, South Carolina

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|party = Democratic

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|alma_mater = Furman University
University of South Carolina

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|profession = lawyer

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|branch = South Carolina National Guard; United States Army

|serviceyears =1915 – 1916; 1917 – 1918

|rank = 20px Second Lieutenant

|unit = Company A, First Infantry; Medical Reserve Corps

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Joseph Raleigh Bryson (January 18, 1893 – March 10, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Brevard, North Carolina, Bryson moved, with his parents, to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1900.

He attended the public schools.

He graduated from Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, in 1917 and with a law degree from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1920.

Enlisted on September 28, 1915, as a private in Company A, First Infantry, South Carolina National Guard, and served until discharged on August 9, 1916.

Bryson reenlisted on August 3, 1917, in the Medical Reserve Corps, and was discharged as a second lieutenant of Infantry on December 12, 1918.

He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Greenville, 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 from cerebral hemorrhage at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, March 10, 1953.Rep. Joseph P. Bryson of South Carolina Dies; Brownwood Bulletin; Brownwood, Texas; Page 1; March 11, 1953

He was interred in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, South Carolina.

References

Sources

[https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/6/resources/160 The Joseph R. Bryson Papers, 1917-1953] at [http://library.sc.edu/p/Collections/SCPC South Carolina Political Collections] (University of South Carolina)
[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b544648;view=1up;seq=9 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Joseph Raleigh Bryson, late a representative from South Carolina]

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| state=South Carolina

| district=4

| before= Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr.

| after= Robert T. Ashmore

| years=1939 – 1953

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