Joseph Bryan

Democratic Republican Representative of Georgia

Congresses Served

House Terms

August 18, 1773 (39 years old)

Birthday

September 12, 1812

Death

Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s at-large congressional district from 1803 to 1806.
Educated by private tutors and attended the University of Oxford in England.
Engaged in agricultural pursuits on Wilmington Island, Georgia.
Elected as a Republican to the 8th and 9th United States Congresses.
Resigned from Congress in 1806.
Died in 1812 on his estate, Nonchalance, located near Savannah, Georgia.
Buried in the family burial ground on his estate.
His grandfather, Jonathan Bryan, played a significant role in the establishment of the Savannah colony and served in the Revolutionary War.