[16] In June 1859, near the outbreak of the American Civil War, he attended the Anti-Lecompton Democrat convention, whose factions culminated in the California gubernatorial election, 1859.
[22] In May 1864, Bryan's prize thoroughbred, Lodi, won a race at San Jose that established her as the fastest horse in the state.
[25] Suffering from severe drinking and gambling problems, Bryan left California to live in Utah.
[2] In 1871, he lived in Polk County, Oregon, and raised thoroughbred horses, after having won a large contingency fee case there.
[2] He died May 14, 1877, in Carson City, Nevada, with no wife or children but survived by a brother, Marshall Bryan, of New York.