William James Bryan
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United States Senator from Florida |
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In office December 26, 1907 – March 22, 1908 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Mallory II |
| Succeeded by | William H. Milton |
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October 10, 1876 Orange County, Florida (now Lake County, Florida) |
| Died | March 22, 1908 (aged 31) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
William James Bryan (October 10, 1876 – March 22, 1908) was an American politician, attorney, and prosecutor who was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the American state of Florida. Bryan's stint in the Senate was brief, having been appointed to fill a vacancy the day after Christmas of 1907 — less than three months before his own death at the age of 31.
William James Bryan was born in Orange County, Florida, (now Lake County, Florida) on October 10, 1876. He was the son of a planter named John Milton Bryan and his wife, the former Louise Margaret Norton. Bryan counted one of his great, great grandfathers as an early pioneer from England to the Province of North Carolina. His grandfather had first moved from North Carolina to Florida and his father had become prominent in the politics of the state.
Bryan attended public schools, graduating from Osceola High School of Kissimmee, Florida. He studied extensively at home and gained admission to Emory College in Oxford, Georgia (forerunner of today's Emory University) at the age of 16. Bryan graduated from Emory with a B.A. degree in 1896.
Following graduation, Bryan taught school for one year and worked on a plantation for another, all the while studying for law school. Bryan then enrolled in the law department of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, from which he graduated in 1899.
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