district succeeded religion birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
7th marsha blackburn presbyterian jackson , tennessee republican january 3 , 2003 don sundquist 7 september 1948 january 3 , 1995 cyndi bryant ed bryant
 tennessee edward g. bryant
ed bryant

edward glenn bryant , usually known as ed bryant , -lrb- born september 7 , 1948 -rrb- , american politician , is a former republican member of the united states house of representatives from tennessee -lrb- 1995 -- 2003 -rrb- .
born in jackson , tennessee , he earned his b.a. in 1970 and j.d. in 1972 , both from the university of mississippi .
as a student he was active in the sigma nu fraternity .
he later served in the united states army , teaching constitutional law to cadets at west point among other duties .
from 1991 -- 1993 , he served as the united states attorney for the western district of tennessee .
on december 12 , 2008 , he was sworn in as a u.s. magistrate judge for the western district of tennessee .
