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MILTON BRYAN
Important are the interests which occupy the attention of Milton Bryan, a successful
lawyer and executive assistant city attorney of Los Angeles. He was born in Columbia County, Florida,
October 23, 1859, a son of David Stewart and Nancy (Bryan) Bryan, and
represents two of the oldest and most prominent families of that state.
Liberal educational advantages were
accorded Milton Bryan, who attended Jasper Academy, the West Florida Military
Academy at Tallahassee and Emory College at Oxford, Georgia, now Emory
University at Atlanta. Admitted to the
bar of his native state, Mr. Bryan entered upon the practice of law and was
elected judge of the county court of Volusia County, Florida, presiding over
that tribunal for four years. On the
expiration of that period he left the south, traveling westward to Oklahoma,
where he spent a number of years, and became one of the prominent men of the
state. Elected to the general assembly
of Oklahoma, he served for three terms in succession, in the last of the territorial
and the first and second state assemblies, and took a leading part in the
deliberations of that legislative body.
He was the author of the negotiable instrument, direct primary, city
charter, food, drug and dairy, and other important general laws of that
commonwealth.
Mr. Bryan removed from Oklahoma to
Los Angeles in 1914 to edit a law magazine and assist in writing the standard
“Encyclopedia of Procedure.” He was
appointed March 15, 1918, special assistant United States attorney for war
work, handling alien enemy business at Los Angeles and served until the
restoration of peace. At this time he
resigned and in January, 1921, assumed the duties of deputy city attorney,
having been selected to handle public utilities matters in the city attorney’s
office. In that capacity he acted until
July 1, 1929, and has since been executive assistant city attorney of Los
Angeles, rendering valuable service to the municipality.
Mr. Bryan has two sons: Stewart, a resident of Oklahoma City; and
Milton, at home. The family home is at
Twelfth Street and Hobart Boulevard and Mr. Bryan’s office is in the city
hall. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity, gives his political support to the Democratic Party and
served on the county and state central committees for years. His well developed powers have carried him
into important relations and every trust reposed in him has been faithfully and
capably discharged.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. III, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 279-280, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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