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Bryant won his first, third, and last terms as secretary of state in 1962, 1966, and 1974, respectively, without Republican opposition.  No Republican held the office since [[Reconstruction]] until 2010, with the election of Mark Martin, a former state representative from Prairie Grove in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.​

Bryant won his first, third, and last terms as secretary of state in 1962, 1966, and 1974, respectively, without Republican opposition.  No Republican held the office since [[Reconstruction]] until 2010, with the election of Mark Martin, a former state representative from Prairie Grove in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.​

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==Personal life==​

==Personal life==

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Bryant was married to the former Elizabeth Sutton (February 19, 1912 – July 7, 1997), a  native of Mariann in Lee County along the [[Mississippi River]] in eastern Arkansas. She was the daughter of O. C. Sutton and the former Florence Dorsett. Mrs. Bryant, like her husband, had resided for many years in Hope and Little Rock, where she worked in various capacities in the state capital, including the offices of secretary of state, treasurer, and the state legislature. General Assembly]]. Mrs. Bryant graduated from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville in 1934 and was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She was a member of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], Business and Professional Women's Club]], Arkansas Democratic Women, Junior Auxiliary, the Cosmopolitan Club, and the Arkansas Historical Society.​

Bryant was married to the former Elizabeth Sutton (February 19, 1912 – July 7, 1997), a  native of Mariann in Lee County along the [[Mississippi River]] in eastern Arkansas. She was the daughter of O. C. Sutton and the former Florence Dorsett. Mrs. Bryant, like her husband, had resided for many years in Hope and Little Rock, where she worked in various capacities in the state capital, including the offices of secretary of state, treasurer, and the state legislature. General Assembly]]. Mrs. Bryant graduated from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville in 1934 and was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She was a member of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], Business and Professional Women's Club]], Arkansas Democratic Women, Junior Auxiliary, the Cosmopolitan Club, and the Arkansas Historical Society.​

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Mrs. Bryant died in a nursing home in Murray, [[Kentucky]], the residence of their daughter, Betty Bryant Brockway. The Bryants, who were [[United Methodist]], are interred at Memory Gardens Cemetery south of Hope.​

Mrs. Bryant died in a nursing home in Murray, [[Kentucky]], the residence of their daughter, Betty Bryant Brockway. The Bryants, who were [[United Methodist]], are interred at Memory Gardens Cemetery south of Hope.​

 

==References==​

==References==

 

http://www.picayune-times.com/editionlist.heitml?pubname=picayune&pubdate=1997-07-09&txt=t​

http://www.picayune-times.com/editionlist.heitml?pubname=picayune&pubdate=1997-07-09&txt=t​

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