Editing Ed Bryant (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1948)}}
{{About|the U.S. Congressman|the science fiction writer|Edward Bryant|several others|Edwin Bryant (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Ed Bryant
|image        = EdBryant.jpg
|office = Magistrate Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee]]
|term_start = December 12, 2008
|term_end = February 28, 2019
|state1        = [[Tennessee]]
|district1     = {{ushr|TN|7|7th}}
|term_start1   = January 3, 1995
|term_end1     = January 3, 2003
|predecessor1  = [[Don Sundquist]]
|successor1    = [[Marsha Blackburn]]
|office2      = United States Attorney for the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee|Western District of Tennessee]]
|president2   = [[George H. W. Bush]]
|term_start2  = 1991
|term_end2   = 1993
|predecessor2 = [[Hickman Ewing]]
|successor2   = Veronica Coleman
|birth_name   = Edward Glenn Bryant
|birth_date   = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1948|9|7}}}}
|birth_place  = [[Jackson, Tennessee]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|education    = [[Tennessee Technological University]]<br />[[University of Mississippi|University of Mississippi, Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|allegiance   = {{flag|United States}}
|branch       = {{army|United States}}
|serviceyears = 1970–1978
|rank         = [[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|20px]] [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/21999/ed-bryant#.Vf8Jqt9VhBc |title=Ed Bryant's Biography – The Voter's Self Defense System |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref>
|unit         = [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]]
}}
'''Edward Glenn Bryant''' (born September 7, 1948) is an American politician who is a former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Tennessee]] (1995–2003). From 1991–1993, he served as the [[United States Attorney]] for the [[U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee|Western District of Tennessee]]. On December 12, 2008, Bryant was sworn in as a [[United States magistrate judge]] for the Western District of Tennessee.<ref name="life-after">{{cite web |author1=Emily Cahn |title=Life After Congress: Ed Bryant |url=https://rollcall.com/2012/12/13/life-after-congress-ed-bryant/ |website=Roll Call |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123164927/https://rollcall.com/2012/12/13/life-after-congress-ed-bryant/ |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |language=en-us |date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> He retired from this position on February 28, 2019.