John Wiley Bryant

John Wiley Bryant (born February 22, 1947) is a former American politician who represented Texas's 5th congressional district in the 98th to 104th U.S. Congress.

John Wiley Bryant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Jim Mattox
Succeeded by	Pete Sessions
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 33–L district
In office January 29, 1974 – January 11, 1983
Preceded by	Joseph P. Hawn
Succeeded by	District abolished
Personal details
Born	John Wiley Bryant (1947-02-22) February 22, 1947 Lake Jackson, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Southern Methodist University (BA, JD)

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. He served as counsel to a committee of the Texas senate in 1973 and 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. In 1996 Bryant was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate election in Texas, 1996. In the mid-1990s he was one of the co-founders of the United Baseball League (UBL) which was a planned third major league. Bryant is a current student of Perkins School of Theology and taking a prayer and spirituality course as he pursues a discipline in Spiritual Discipline.