Background
Bryan, John P. Kennedy was born on September 10, 1852 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of the United States Judge, George S. and Rebecca L. (Dwight) Bryan.
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John P. Kennedy Bryan
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1873, Master of Arts, 1876. Mental Science Fellow and student philosophy and law, Berlin University, 1873-1874, University of Leipzig, degree 1874-1875. Studied law Charleston.
Career
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1877, and practiced in Charleston. Member Bryan & Bryan. Counsel for defense in political trials in South Carolina., 1877-1883.
Special counsel for United States in conspiracy cases, 1898-1899, and in prize cases during Spanish-American War.
Argued before Supreme Court of the United States the constitutional questions affecting “dispensary law” of South Carolina. Delegate to South Carolina.
Constitutional Convention, 1895, and a leader in establishing suffrage in South Carolina. on a basis of property and educational qualifications.
Achievements
Membership
Member and delegate International Law Association Trustee University of South, 1891-1894, College of Charleston, High School, and Public Schools.
Connections
Married Henrietta C. King, August 12, 1880.
