Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 41/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 68/year
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1920–1935
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)Member · 1930–1934
- Private practice, Jacksonville, Florida1893–1911, 1917–1920
- U.S. senator from Florida1911–1917
Appointments
1920–1935 · Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1895- Emory CollegeA.B. · 1893