John Franklin Ryan (November 9, 1848 – November 30, 1936) was a

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politician. He represented

Loudoun County Loudoun County () is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, making it Virginia's third-most populous county. Loudoun County's seat is Leesburg. Loudoun C ...

in the

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, and served as that body's

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from 1894 until 1899, and again from 1901 until 1906. Ryan was identified as possibly having been involved in Virginia's Jim Crow-era segregation laws during the naming process for an elementary school in Loudoun County; the school in question was ultimately named Waxpool Elementary School instead.

References

* List of former Speakers of the House of Delegates, in the old House chamber in the Virginia State Capitol

External links

* * Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Loudoun County, Virginia 1848 births 1936 deaths {{Virginia-delegate-stub