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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978. After the Watts riots of 1965, Ryan took a job as a substitute school teacher to investigate and document conditions in the area. In 1970, he launched an investigation into California prisons. While presiding as chairman of the Assembly committee that oversaw prison reform, he used a pseudonym to enter Folsom State Prison as an inmate. During his time in Congress, Ryan traveled to Newfoundland to investigate the practice of seal hunting. He was also famous for vocal criticism of the lack of congressional oversight of the Central Intelligence Agency, and co-authored the Hughes–Ryan Amendment, passed in 1974. Ryan was shot and killed at an airstrip in Guyana on November 18, 1978, as he and his party were attempting to leave.
BornLeo Joseph Ryan Jr, May 05, 1925, Lincoln, Nebraska, US
DiedNovember 18, 1978, Port Kaituma, Guyana
Cause of deathAssassination by gunshot
Resting placeGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California
Political partyDemocratic
Children5
Alma materBates College (V-12), Creighton University (B.A.)(M.S.)
OccupationPolitician
Preceded byNew Constituency (Redistricting)
Succeeded byWilliam Royer

About Leo Ryan

Politician Leo Ryan was born in Nebraska, United States on May 5, 1925. He dies at the age of 53, on November 18, 1978.

Former California congressman and the first member of Congress to be slain in the line of duty in the United States.

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Leo Ryan before becoming famous

Leo Ryan was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1925 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).

He studied the circumstances of California prisons by being held as an inmate in Folsom Prison in 1970, while presiding as head of the Assembly committee that controlled prison reform.

Achievement of Leo Ryan

He was assassinated by members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana shortly before the Jonestown Massacre in 1978, in which over 900 Temple members committed themselves.

Leo Ryan's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He is the father of five children. He was dispatched to Guyana to examine the People's Temple, which was led by cult leader Criminal Jim Jones. In 1978, cult members assassinated him.

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The United States Congress presented him with a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, which was signed by President US President Ronald Reagan.

Leo Ryan Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Leo Ryan updated on March 15 2023.