Winston Bryant

Winston Bryant (born October 3, 1938) served as the Democratic secretary of state (1977-1978), lieutenant governor (1981-1989) and attorney general (1991-1999) of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

He was born in Malvern, the seat of Hot Spring County. He is married to the former Susan Hughes and has one son, John Bryant.

In 1960, Bryant graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. He graduated in 1963 from University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in Fayetteville. He received a Masters of Law (Administrative Law) from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He was a legislative assistant to the late U.S. Senator John L. McClellan from 1968-1971. Thereafter, he was a prosecuting attorney in his native Hot Spring County and a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1973-1977.

[edit] Career

U.S. Army, rank of Captain (1963-65)
Arkansas Insurance Commission Attorney (1966)
Assistant U. S. Attorney Eastern District of Arkansas (1967)
Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John L. McClellan in Washington, D. C. (1968-1971)
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Hot Spring County, Arkansas (1971-72)
State Representative Hot Spring County (1973-77)
Arkansas Secretary of State (1977-78)
Member of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention from Hot Spring County (1979)
Arkansas Lt. Governor (1981-90)
Arkansas Attorney General (1991-99)

Preceded by Joe Purcell	Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas 1981-1990	Succeeded by Jim Guy Tucker