Bipartisan Band of Brothers: The West Point Grads Coming to Congress

When John James '04 and Pat Ryan '04 reconnected on the sidelines of an Army football game in 2019, they were two old West Point classmates with night-and-day political identities in a similar predicament: Both had just lost congressional bids. Three years later, the former Cadet company buddies’ fates have shifted — both will be House members next year. And as the chamber starts a new Congress more closely divided than ever, both in head count and in spirit, James and Ryan’s relationship promises to forge a needed bipartisan bridge over toxic partisan divides. Incredibly, another graduate of their class will also be roaming the Capitol halls next year: Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt '04 (R-Texas) will join James, whom he counts as a close friend, as the first two Black graduates of West Point to enter Congress. Read more.