Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Bryan, Charles Page 1856 - 
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

BRYAN, Charles Page, diplomatist, was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1856, son of 
Thomas Barbour Bryan (q. v.). He was educated at the University of Virginia 
and was graduated at Columbian law school in 1878. He was admitted to the bar 
in that year and in 1879 removed to Colorado, where he served as a 
representative in the state legislature and as colonel in the military staff 
of Governor Eaton. He returned to Chicago in 1883; served four terms in the 
state legislature and visited Europe twice in the interest of the Worlds 
Columbian Exposition. He also served as colonel on the staffs of Governors 
Fifes, Eglesby and Altgeld of Illinois; was appointed envoy extraordinary and 
minister plenipotentiary to China in October, 1897; was transferred to Brazil 
in January, 1898, and to Switzerland in September, 1902.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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