Leo Ryan

Leo Ryan
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Membro da Câmara dos Representantes do 11º Distrito da Califórnia
Período	3 de janeiro de 1973 – 18 de novembro de 1978
Antecessor(a)	Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.
Sucessor(a)	William H. Royer
Membro da Assembleia do Estado da Califórnia
Período	1962 – 1972
Antecessor(a)	Glenn E. Coolidge
Sucessor(a)	Lou Papan
Dados pessoais
Nascimento	5 de maio de 1925 ; Lincoln, Nebraska
Morte	18 de novembro de 1978 (53 anos) ; Jonestown, Guiana
Partido	Democrata
Religião	Catolicismo romano

Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr. (5 de maio de 1925 – 18 de novembro de 1978) foi um político norte-americano do Partido Democrata. Foi deputado federal pela Califórnia de 1973 até seu assassinato na Guiana pelos membros do Peoples Temple pouco antes do massacre de Jonestown em 1978.

Ryan foi o primeiro e único congressista americano a ser assassinado devido às funções do mandato.[1][2] Recebeu postumamente a Medalha de Ouro do Congresso, em 1983.

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Cuniberti, Betty; Los Angeles Times News Service: Wire services (6 de janeiro de 1985). «Daughter of Congressman Killed in Guyana Explains Why She Joined Commune of Controversial Indian Guru». The Record. Bergen Record Corp. p. A54. Six years later, 32-year-old Shannon Jo Ryan joined other family members in the White House Oval Office, where President Reagan presented them with Ryan's posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, honoring the only member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty.
Epstein, Edward (1 de janeiro de 2007). «Lantos the master storyteller, communicator». San Francisco Chronicle. Consultado em 2 de setembro de 2008. Ryan, the only member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty, was succeeded in a special election by a Republican, but Lantos won a Democratic primary in 1980, beat the GOP incumbent and has never looked back.

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[cuniberti-1] Cuniberti, Betty; Los Angeles Times News Service: Wire services (6 de janeiro de 1985). «Daughter of Congressman Killed in Guyana Explains Why She Joined Commune of Controversial Indian Guru». The Record. Bergen Record Corp. p. A54. Six years later, 32-year-old Shannon Jo Ryan joined other family members in the White House Oval Office, where President Reagan presented them with Ryan's posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, honoring the only member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty.

[epstein-2] Epstein, Edward (1 de janeiro de 2007). «Lantos the master storyteller, communicator». San Francisco Chronicle. Consultado em 2 de setembro de 2008. Ryan, the only member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty, was succeeded in a special election by a Republican, but Lantos won a Democratic primary in 1980, beat the GOP incumbent and has never looked back.