John Bryant (Texas politician)

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John Bryant
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Member of the TexasHouseofRepresentatives
from the 114th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 10, 2023
Education Southern Methodist University (AB, JD)

John Wiley Bryant (born February 22, 1947) is an American politician who represented Texas's 5th congressional district in the 98th to 104th U.S. Congress and is a current member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 114th district.

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Early life and education

Bryant was born in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas. Following a B.A. at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas in 1969 Bryant studied law at Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he graduated in 1972. He was also admitted to the Texas bar in 1972. Bryant served as counsel to a committee of the Texas senate in 1973.

Political career

Bryant was elected to Texas house of representatives in a special election in 1974 and was reelected from 1974 to 1982.

He was elected as a Democrat to the 98th Congress in 1982 and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from 1983 to 1997.

While in the United States House of Representatives Bryant was one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the case in the impeachment trial of Judge Alcee Hastings. Hastings was found guilty by the United States Senate and removed from his federal judgeship. [2]

In 1996, Bryant was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. In October 1997, President Clinton appointed Bryant to head the United States' delegation to the 1997 World Radiocommunication Conference, organized by the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, and accorded him the personal rank of Ambassador. [3] [4]

In 2021, John Bryant filed to run for state representative in Texas's 114th district, after being out of politics for 24 years. Bryant declared, “I am so alarmed at the continued extremes to which the Trump forces have gone in trying to take our country over and now this has arrived in Texas. I want to get off the sidelines and get back into the fight.” [5] He won the primary in May 2022. [6] He won the general election in November 2022. [7]

Opposition to reforms to increase housing supply

In 2023, Bryant spearheaded opposition to a bill in the Texas legislature that would have permitted accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas with single-family zoning. The bill was intended to increase housing supply and alleviate the housing crisis in urban areas in Texas. Bryant said that allowing ADUs would "make a commercial, uncontrollable, really unforeseeable mess out of every neighborhood in the state." [8]

In 2024, Bryant expressed opposition to legislative proposals to permit greater residential density in single-family neighborhoods. Bryant argued, "we have plenty of land for [housing] and plenty of places to put it. You don’t need to bust up single-family neighborhoods to get affordable housing." [9]

Personal life

In the mid-1990s he was one of the co-founders of the United Baseball League (UBL) which was a planned third major league. As of 2023, Bryant is a student at Southern Methodist University's Perkins School of Theology and taking a prayer and spirituality course as he pursues a degree in Spiritual Discipline.

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  1. ↑ "Marriage announcement". The Brazosport Facts. October 6, 1968. p. 17. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ "List of Individuals Impeached by the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ "History of the Department of State During the Clinton Presidency (1993-2001)". November 22, 2017. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  4. ↑ "U.S. PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD RADIO CONFERENCES: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?" (PDF). govinfo.gov. March 17, 2004. p. 96. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Field set for March primaries that will reshape face of Texas Legislature, delegation to Congress". December 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ "North Texas House election results: John Bryant beats Alexandra Guio in comeback bid". May 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Leading off (11/9/22)". November 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ Fechter, Joshua (2023). "Bills to build more homes — and lower housing costs — fail quietly in final days of the Texas Legislature". The Texas Tribune.
  9. ↑ Fechter, Joshua (March 28, 2024). "Republicans' budding interest in Texas' housing crisis could create strange political bedfellows". The Texas Tribune.
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