{{Short description|American judge (1893–1951)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Randolph Bryant | honorific_suffix = | image = Randolph_Bryant.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | term_start = January 24, 1931 | term_end = April 24, 1951 | nominator = | appointer = Herbert Hoover | predecessor = William Lee Estes | successor = Joseph Warren Sheehy | pronunciation = | birth_name = Randolph Bryant | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|05|02}} | birth_place = Sherman, Texas | death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|04|24|1893|05|02}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = University of Texas, Austin (BA, LLB) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}

'''Randolph Bryant''' (May 2, 1893 – April 24, 1951) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

==Education and career==

Born in Sherman, Texas, Bryant received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1913 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1916. He was a Captain in the United States Army during World War I from 1917 to 1919. He entered private practice in Sherman from 1919 to 1921 and was thereafter the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from 1921 to 1931.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|303|nid=1378481|name=Randolph Bryant<!--(1893–1951)-->}}</ref>

==Federal judicial service==

On December 3, 1930, Bryant was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated by Judge William Lee Estes. Bryant was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1931, and received his commission on January 24, 1931. He served in that capacity until his death on April 24, 1951.<ref name="auto"/>

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