Nathan Philemon Bryan

Nathan Philemon Bryan (* April 23, 1872 at Fort Mason, Orange County, Florida; † August 8, 1935 in Jacksonville, Florida ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Florida in the U.S. Senate.

Nathan Bryan attended the public schools and made 1893 graduated from Emory College in Atlanta, later Emory University. Then he studied until 1895 at the Faculty of Law, Washington and Lee University in Lexington, and was recorded in the same year to the bar, after which he began practicing in Jacksonville.

From 1905 to 1909 Bryan was the supervisory authority for the state educational institutions ( Board of Control of the Florida State Institutions of Higher Education ). On February 22, 1911, he was appointed U.S. senator after election to the state legislature of Florida had gone inconclusive. The endorsement that followed, however, only a little later. After a complete term of office between 4 March 1911, the March 3, 1917 Bryan was not nominated in 1916 by his party. During his time in the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Claims.

After retiring from Congress Bryan again worked as a lawyer. He suggested the appointment as Governor General of the Philippines by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1917, then was curator of Emory University and was finally in April 1920 Judge at the Court of Appeals for the Third District Court of Florida. This office he held until his death in 1935.

His younger brother, William, was from 1907 to 1908 also U.S. Senator for Florida.