Joseph Raleigh Bryson (January 18, 1893 – March 10, 1953) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Bryson moved, with his parents, to

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, in 1900. He attended the public schools. He graduated from

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, in 1917 and with a law degree from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1920. Enlisted on September 28, 1915, as a private in Company A,

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National Guard, and served until discharged on August 9, 1916. Bryson reenlisted on August 3, 1917, in the Medical Reserve Corps, and was discharged as a second lieutenant of Infantry on December 12, 1918. He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in

. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1921-1924. He served in the State senate 1929-1932. Bryson was elected as a

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to the Seventy-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1939, until his death from

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at the

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, March 10, 1953.Rep. Joseph P. Bryson of South Carolina Dies; Brownwood Bulletin; Brownwood, Texas; Page 1; March 11, 1953 He was interred in Woodlawn Memorial Park,

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The Joseph R. Bryson Papers, 1917-1953
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South Carolina Political Collections
(University of South Carolina)
Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Joseph Raleigh Bryson, late a representative from South Carolina
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryson, Joseph Raleigh 1893 births 1953 deaths United States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 20th-century American politicians University of South Carolina alumni

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