Joseph Raleigh Bryson (January 18, 1893 – March 10, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Brevard, North Carolina, Bryson moved, with his parents, to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1900.He attended the public schools.He graduated from Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, in 1917 and with a law degree from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1920.Enlisted on September 28, 1915, as a private in Company A, National Guard, and served until discharged on August 9, 1916.Bryson reenlisted on August 3, 1917, in the Medical Reserve Corps, and was discharged as a second lieutenant of Infantry on December 12, 1918.He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Greenville, South Carolina.He served as member of the State house of representativ