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  Ryan, Leo J.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameLeo J. Ryan
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Belmont, California , United States
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Born May 05, 1925
DiedNovember 18, 1978 (53 years)
ContributorNot in Public Domain
Last ModifedRBH
Mar 29, 2024 11:37pm
Tags Caucasian - Married - Navy - Assassinated - Straight -
InfoRYAN, Leo Joseph, a Representative from California; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., May 5, 1925; attended schools in Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin; A.B., Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr., 1949; M.S., same university, 1951; served in the United States Navy in ComSubPac, Pacific Theater, 1943-1946; teacher and school administrator; city councilman, 1956-1962; served as mayor, South San Francisco, Calif., 1962; member, California State assembly, 1962-1972; delegate to California State Democratic conventions, 1956-1972; delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1964-1968; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1973, until his death November 18, 1978, in an ambush at the airstrip of Port Kaituma, Guyana; interment in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.


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RACES
  11/07/1978 CA District 11 Won 60.52% (+24.93%)
  06/06/1978 CA District 11 - D Primary Won 74.69% (+49.38%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 11 Won 61.08% (+25.64%)
  06/08/1976 CA District 11 - D Primary Won 71.43% (+42.89%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 11 Won 75.83% (+54.55%)
  06/04/1974 CA District 11 - D Primary Won 83.74% (+67.49%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 11 Won 60.50% (+23.59%)
  11/03/1970 CA State Assembly 27 Won 73.17% (+50.11%)
  11/05/1968 CA State Assembly 27 Won 99.78% (+99.56%)
  11/08/1966 CA State Assembly 27 Won 56.87% (+13.74%)
  11/03/1964 CA State Assembly 27 Won 68.97% (+37.93%)
  11/06/1962 CA State Assembly 27 Won 63.45% (+26.91%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject