Thomas Jefferson Ryan

Thomas Jefferson Ryan ( born June 17, 1890 in New York City; † November 10, 1968 in Miami, Florida) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Jefferson Ryan attended public schools and the College of the City of New York. He graduated in 1908 at the Scientific School of Fordham University in New York City and in 1911 at the Faculty of Law of the same institution. His admission to the bar he received in 1912 and then began to practice in New York City. During World War II he served as a pilot in France, where he was wounded. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1920 for the 67th Congress Ryan was in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Peter J. Dooling on March 4, 1921. In 1922 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after March 3, 1923 the Congress of.

After his conference time he practiced as a lawyer again. He took part in 1922 as a delegate to the State Convention and 1924 at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Then it was 1925 Special Deputy Attorney General of New York. Between 1925 and 1930 he served as Counsel to the Alien Property Custodian. Ryan joined in 1926 the Democratic Party. He went back to his work as a lawyer after and was a Special Deputy Attorney of New York. In 1950 he entered upon his retirement and settled in Coral Gables (Florida ). On November 10, 1968, he died in Miami. His body was interred in the Calvary Cemetery in Long Iceland City.