1. Edward Glenn Bryant was born on September 7,1948 and is an American politician who is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.
20 Facts About Ed Bryant
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On December 12,2008, Ed Bryant was sworn in as a United States magistrate judge for the Western District of Tennessee.
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Ed Bryant retired from this position on February 28,2019.
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Ed Bryant's mother was a registered nurse, while his father was an electrician.
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Ed Bryant was selected to the national leadership organization of Omicron Delta Kappa.
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Ed Bryant received a commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army through the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
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Ed Bryant served another year in the Tennessee Army National Guard.
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Ed Bryant first became politically active in a high-profile way in 1988 when he served as an early organizer for the abortive presidential bid of conservative televangelist Pat Robertson.
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Ed Bryant won the Republican nomination for the district, a largely Democratic area mostly in the northwestern part of the state.
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Ed Bryant lost in the general election to Union City attorney and state representative John S Tanner.
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Ed Bryant later moved to Henderson, near Jackson, located in the neighboring Seventh Congressional District.
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When Seventh District Congressman Don Sundquist did not run for re-election in 1994, Ed Bryant won the Republican primary for the district.
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Ed Bryant was unopposed in 1998, and was reelected by over 40 points in 2000.
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Ed Bryant established a solidly conservative record and was a darling of both business-oriented groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and social conservative groups such as the American Conservative Union, the National Rifle Association of America, and National Right-to-Life.
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Ed Bryant was best known as one of the House managers in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.
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Ed Bryant was regarded by many as one of the less strident and pompous and more personable managers.
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In 2002 Ed Bryant entered the Republican primary for the United States Senate after Republican Fred Thompson announced that he was changing his mind from an earlier announcement and would not be seeking re-election.
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Additionally, Ed Bryant made a good impression on many Republican activists in the state, especially with his willingness to make appearances on the Republican ticket's behalf during the fall campaign after his own defeat.
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Ed Bryant faced two other major Republicans in the primary on August 3,2006:.
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Ed Bryant conceded the GOP primary election to Bob Corker on August 3,2006.