Nathan Bryan (North Carolina politician)

Nathan Bryan (1748 – June 4, 1798) was a two-term U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, serving from 1795 to 1798 when he died in office. He had previously been a Revolutionary War leader.[1]

Early life

Bryan was born in Craven County, North Carolina (present-day Jones County) in 1748.

Political career

He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1787 and from 1791 to 1794.

Congress

In 1794, Bryan, a Republican, was elected to the 4th United States Congress and re-elected to the 5th U.S. Congress; he died in office on June 4, 1798 in Philadelphia, where he is buried.

Nathan served as a delegate from Craven County in the 1788 Hillsborough Convention that met to debate the United States Constitution.[2]

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. Johnson, Elmer D. (1979). "Nathan Bryan". NCPedia.
2. "Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of North-Carolina, Convened at Hillsborough, on Monday the 21st Day of July, 1788, for the Purpose of Deliberating and Determining on the Constitution Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, the 17th Day of September, 1787: To Which is Prefixed the Said Constitution". 1788. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

• United States Congress. "Nathan Bryan (id: B000991)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Benjamin Williams	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 10th congressional district 1795–1798	Succeeded by Richard D. Spaight