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Revision as of 22:45, 23 August 2014
John Alexander Bryan (April 13, 1794 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts – May 24, 1864 in Menasha, Wisconsin) was an American diplomat and politician from New York and Ohio.
He removed to Ellicottville, New York, and was a member of the New York State Assembly (Cattaraugus Co.) in 1827.
Then he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and was Ohio State Auditor from 1833 to 1839. In 1840, Bryan settled at, and co-founded, what would become the city of Bryan, Ohio. He was U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Peru in 1845.
Later he lived in Milwaukee and Menasha, Wisconsin. He was buried in Neenah, Wisconsin.
His son Charles Henry Bryan was a California State Senator, and his son-in-law John B. Weller was a U.S. Senator from California.
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- People from Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- People from Ellicottville, New York
- People from Columbus, Ohio
- People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- People from Menasha, Wisconsin
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- Ambassadors of the United States to Peru
- State Auditors of Ohio
- 1794 births
- 1864 deaths
- 19th-century American diplomats