Ed Bryant

Republican Representative of Tennessee's 7th district

Representative
Tennessee, district 7
January 4, 1995 - January 3, 1997
Representative
Tennessee, district 7
January 7, 1997 - January 3, 1999
Representative
Tennessee, district 7
January 6, 1999 - January 3, 2001
Representative
Tennessee, district 7
January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2003

Congresses Served

House Terms

September 7, 1948 (76 years old)

Birthday

Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee (1995–2003)
Served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 1991–1993
Sworn in as a United States magistrate judge for the Western District of Tennessee in 2008 and retired in 2019
Born and raised in Jackson, Tennessee; son of a registered nurse and an electrician
Attended Tennessee Technological University and transferred to the University of Mississippi, where he received a B.A. in 1970 and a J.D. in 1972
Active in the Sigma Nu fraternity and selected to Omicron Delta Kappa
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army through the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, serving in the Military Intelligence Corps and later in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps
Assigned to various positions including the Ballistic Missile Defense System Command and teaching constitutional law at the United States Military Academy at West Point
Served in the Tennessee Army National Guard for an additional year after active duty
Became politically active in 1988, initially supporting Pat Robertson’s presidential bid
Lost a bid for Congress in a largely Democratic area in 1988 but won a seat in the heavily Republican 7th District in 1994, serving until 2003
Known for a solidly conservative record and supported by business and social conservative groups
Served as one of the House managers in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
Ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2006, facing significant opposition and financial disadvantages