Author:Leo Joseph Ryan
United States Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California. Murdered at Jonestown, Guyana on November 18, 1978 by members of Peoples Temple. First member of United States Congress to die in the line of duty. Received the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously in 1983
Leo Joseph Ryan
Works edit
Congressional statements edit
- The Effects of Religious Cults on the Health and Welfare of Their Converts, Read into the United States Congressional Record on November 3, 1977, original testimony of John Gordon Clark, M.D.
Congressional correspondence edit
Works about Ryan edit
- Leo Joseph Ryan Congressional Bio, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Congressional Gold Medal edit
- Act Awarding Leo Ryan Congressional Gold Medal, United States Congress, (1983)
- Statement on Signing the Bill Authorizing a Congressional Gold Medal Honoring the Late Representative Leo J. Ryan, statement by President Ronald Reagan, (1983)
Memorial edit
- Leo J. Ryan Memorial Federal Archives and Records Center (1984)
- 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy at Jonestown and the Death of Congressman Leo Ryan, Congressman Tom Lantos, (2003)
- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateo, California, as the 'Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building' (2008)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they are works of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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