Elmer James Ryan (May 26, 1907 – February 1, 1958) was a

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from

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Early life and education

He was born in Rosemount,

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, May 26, 1907. He attended the public schools, was graduated from the

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in 1929, was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in South St. Paul, Minnesota with

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Career

He was the city attorney of South St. Paul from 1933 to 1934. He was delegate to the

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s in 1936 and 1940, and was elected as a Democrat to the 74th (defeating Henry Arens), 75th, and 76th Congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the 77th Congress. He resumed the practice of law, then entered active duty in the

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on June 23, 1942, as a lieutenant in the

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. He was promoted to captain and transferred to the Judge Advocate General’s department, later promoted to major and was discharged on October 1, 1945. He again resumed the practice of law in South St. Paul He died in an automobile accident on Wisconsin Highway 35, five miles north of

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, Wisconsin, February 1, 1958; he was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery (Rosemount, Minnesota). He had been married to Elenore Ford (daughter of Joseph Moravec and Cristine Kriz Moravec), who predeceased him, and they had two children, Elmer James Ryan and Jacque Ryan. Having lost his first wife in the birth of their second child, he later married Marjorie Fuller Ryan, with whom he had 4 sons, John Fuller Ryan, Geoffrey Fuller Ryan, Jeremy deMarsh Ryan, and Joseph deMarsh Ryan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Elmer james University of Minnesota Law School alumni 1907 births 1958 deaths Road incident deaths in Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota People from Rosemount, Minnesota 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives