Jack C. Bryan

Jack Cook Bryan

Full Name: Jack Cook Bryan, Sr.
Date of birth: May 15, 1916
Date of death: August 3, 1982

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 43 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1) (2)   Democrat Buffalo / Leon   Freestone, Leon, Madison
H 43 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Buffalo / Leon   Freestone, Leon, Madison
H 43 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat Buffalo / Leon   Freestone, Leon, Madison
H 56 Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd   Democrat Buffalo / Leon   Leon, Madison
H 56 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat Buffalo / Leon   Leon, Madison

(1) Furniture, appliances. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) 55th Legislature - shows Bryan served in 49th, 51st, and 53rd-55th House; House Journals show 51st-55th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 43
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1) (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Buffalo / Leon
Counties in district: Freestone, Leon, Madison
House District 43
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Buffalo / Leon
Counties in district: Freestone, Leon, Madison
House District 43
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Buffalo / Leon
Counties in district: Freestone, Leon, Madison
House District 56
Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953
Legislatures: 52nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Buffalo / Leon
Counties in district: Leon, Madison
House District 56
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Buffalo / Leon
Counties in district: Leon, Madison

(1) Furniture, appliances. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) 55th Legislature - shows Bryan served in 49th, 51st, and 53rd-55th House; House Journals show 51st-55th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Military Service Notes

  • United States Army. Military grave marker, Jack C. Bryan, birth date 5/15/1916, death date 8/3/1982, burial in Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Leon County. Find a Grave.
  • United States Army Air Corps, World War II. "During World War II, this patriotic Texan served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17 crew member and as a motor transport instructor and inspector." 68th Legislature, R.S., HR 25. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

55th R.S. - 1957
Common Carriers  
Federal Relations  
Game and Fisheries  
Highways and Roads (Vice Chair) 
School Districts  
54th R.S. - 1955
Appropriations  
Common Carriers  
Education  
Game and Fisheries (Chair) 
Motor Traffic  
53rd R.S. - 1953
Appropriations  
Common Carriers (Chair) 
Counties  
Education  
Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
52nd R.S. - 1951
Appropriations  
Common Carriers  
Education  
Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
Rules  
Texas State Railroad, Investigation, Special (Chair) 
51st R.S. - 1949
Education  
Federal Relations  
Highways and Roads  
Motor Traffic  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Vice Chair) 

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