John Heritage Bryan was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from North Carolina

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Born in New Bern, North Carolina

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, Bryan studied under private teachers and attended New Bern Academy.
He was graduated from the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 in 1815.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1819 and commenced practice in New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern, North Carolina

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He served as member of the State senate in 1823 and 1824.
Trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 1823-1868.

Bryan was elected as Jacksonian to the Nineteenth

19th United States Congress

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 Congress and as an Adams candidate in the Twentieth

20th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1828.
He resumed the practice of law in New Bern.
He moved to Raleigh in 1839 and continued the practice of law.
He died in Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh, North Carolina

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, May 19, 1870.
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

External links

• A collection of the papers of John Heritage Bryan is available at the J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University.