# Joseph Bryan

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{{Short description|American politician (1773–1812)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Joseph Bryan
| image               = JosephBryanGA.jpg
| birth_date          = August 18, 1773
| birth_place         = [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), U.S.
| education           = [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford)
| relations           = [Jonathan Bryan](/source/Jonathan_Bryan) (grandfather)
| state               = [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state))
| district            = [at-large](/source/Georgia's_at-large_congressional_district)
| term_start          = March 4, 1803
| term_end            = 1806
| successor           = [Dennis Smelt](/source/Dennis_Smelt)
| predecessor         = ''District established''
| party               = [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party)
| death_place         = [Wilmington Island, Georgia](/source/Wilmington_Island%2C_Georgia), U.S.
| death_date          = September 12, 1812
}}
'''Joseph Bryan''' (August 18, 1773 – September 12, 1812) was an American politician who served as a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for [Georgia's at-large congressional district](/source/Georgia's_at-large_congressional_district) from 1803 to 1806. 

== Early life ==
Bryan was born [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia). He was educated by private tutors and attended the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) in [England](/source/England).{{citation needed|date=March 2026}}

== Career ==
Bryan traveled in [France](/source/France) during the [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War). He later engaged in the slave trades on [Wilmington Island, Georgia](/source/Wilmington_Island%2C_Georgia),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bulloch |first=Joseph Gaston Baillie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXkxAAAAMAAJ&dq=Joseph+Bryan+Congress+Georgia&pg=PA75 |title=A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bellinger and De Veaux and Other Families |date=1895 |publisher=Morning News Print |language=en}}</ref> and [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia).

Bryan was elected as a [Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [8th](/source/8th_United_States_Congress) and [9th](/source/9th_United_States_Congress) [United States congress](/source/United_States_Congress)es and served from March 4, 1803, until his resignation in 1806.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}}

He engaged in planting and died on his estate, ''Nonchalance'', Wilmington Island, near Savannah in 1812. He was buried in the family burial ground on his estate.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}}

Bryan's grandfather was [Jonathan Bryan](/source/Jonathan_Bryan), who assisted [James Edward Oglethorpe](/source/James_Edward_Oglethorpe) in setting out the Savannah colony and served in the Revolutionary War.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meldrim |first=Mrs. Peter W. |title=Some Early Epitaphs in Georgia |year=1924 |pages=34}}</ref>

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Category:Politicians from Savannah, Georgia
Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:19th-century United States representatives

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