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  Ryan, William F.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameWilliam F. Ryan
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New York, New York , United States
EmailNone
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Born June 28, 1922
DiedSeptember 17, 1972 (50 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 04, 2012 01:02am
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Info born in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., June 28, 1922; attended the Albion schools; graduated from Princeton University in 1947 and from Columbia Law School in 1949; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in New York City in 1949; assistant district attorney, New York County, 1950-1957 and 1957-1961; served in the United States Army in the Thirty-second Infantry Division as an artillery officer with the rank of first lieutenant from 1943 to 1946, in the South Pacific; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death in New York City, September 17, 1972; interment in St. Thomas Church Cemetery, Croom, Md.


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Importance? 6.50000 Average

FAMILY
Wife Priscilla Ryan 00, 0000-
Father Bernard Ryan, Sr. 0000-
Brother Hewitt F. Ryan 0000-

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RACES
  06/20/1972 NY District 20 - D Primary Won 69.64% (+39.28%)
  11/03/1970 NY District 20 Won 78.81% (+64.36%)
  11/05/1968 NY District 20 Won 78.81% (+62.18%)
  07/29/1968 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.04% (-73.97%)
  11/08/1966 NY District 20 Won 74.78% (+54.06%)
  09/14/1965 NYC Mayor - D Primary Lost 15.16% (-29.68%)
  11/03/1964 NY District 20 Won 82.49% (+66.93%)
  11/06/1962 NY District 20 Won 72.58% (+45.17%)
  09/06/1962 NY District 20 - D Primary Won 58.89% (+17.78%)
  11/08/1960 NY District 20 Won 55.72% (+25.43%)
  06/07/1960 NY District 20 - D Primary Won 58.20% (+16.41%)
ENDORSEMENTS
New York City Mayor - Nov 04, 1969 D John V. Lindsay
NYC Mayor - D Primary - Jun 17, 1969 D Herman Badillo