Ryan, Leo Joseph (5/5/1925-11/18/1978)

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Summary

  • Occupation: U.S. Representative
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: Government Operations and International Relations Committees.

Subject

  • Ryan, Leo J
  • Jones, Jim 1931-1978
  • Board of Regents
  • Peoples Temple
  • United States Congress
  • Representative
  • Democrat Regents

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent images can be seen at

Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: RU371, September 1978, Torch, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Representative (Democrat)

State

California

Notes

  • Ryan died November 18, 1978, in an ambush at the airstrip of Port Kaituma, Guyana, while on a visit to the Peoples Temple cult site at Jonestown, Guyana. A ritual mass suicide by 941 cult members led by Rev. Jim Jones then followed.
  • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 08/17/1978-11/18/1978

Topic

  • Legislators
  • Politicians
  • Assassination
  • Cults
  • Regents

Place

  • United States
  • Guyana
  • California

Form/Genre

Biographies

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