Leo Ryan - Wikipedia
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and Democratic Party politician who represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 until his assassination hours before the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
Leo Ryan, The Congressman Killed For Investigating Jonestown
On November 18, 1978, California Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered in Guyana after investigating alleged abuse at Jim Jones' Peoples Temple. He's the only member of U.S. Congress ever killed in the line of duty.
Leo Ryan, Jonestown: The forgotten, non-Kool-Aid-drinking ...
Nov 18, 2013 · Leo Ryan was a liberal legislator from northern California who had become famous for what his supporters called fact-finding missions and his detractors called publicity stunts. As a California...
Leo Ryan: How Did His Trip to Jonestown Come Together, and ...
Oct 2, 2020 · Leo Ryan: His Rise to U.S. Congressman from California, and His Personal Investigative Style Regarding Important Issues. In November 1978, the same year in which the tragedy at Jonestown occurred, Leo Ryan was elected to his fourth term as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District in California.
Leo Joseph Ryan | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
In 1972 Leo Ryan was elected to the United States Congress from California’s 11th District. He continued his flamboyant methods, lying down on the ice between fur hunters and baby harp seals on...
Leo Ryan - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination as one of the victims of the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
Leo Ryan | American politician | Britannica
…group of former members, persuaded Leo J. Ryan, a U.S. congressman from California, to visit Jonestown. The visit apparently went well. However, for reasons still not completely understood, Ryan and those accompanying him were murdered …
Members of investigative delegation shot in Guyana, Nov. 18 ...
Nov 18, 2010 · On this day in 1978, Rep. Leo Ryan (D-Calif.) and four other members of an investigative delegation were ambushed and shot in Guyana, a former British colony in South America.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member ...
RYAN, 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 ...
RYAN WAS A FRIEND OF DISADVANTAGED - The New York Times
Nov 20, 1978 · In 22 years of public office, Leo Joseph Ryan, the 53-year-old Congressman who was killed in Guyana Saturday, had developed a reputation as an independentminded reformer and a personal ...