John Ryder (1862–1940) was an American politician. John Ryder was born in

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, in 1862, to parents Patrick and Estelle Ryder. He attended schools associated with the

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, and graduated from Bayless Business College. Ryder and his brother Philip where longtime business partners, running the Ryder Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company, and in 1919, expanding their holdings to the Ryder Realty Company. John Ryder retired from his executive position in 1925. He was married to Anna L. Killeen from November 1917 to her death in May 1923. Ryder, a

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, won his first election to the

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in 1924, and held the District 69 seat for seven consecutive terms, through 1939. He had also been elected to Dubuque's school board in March 1925. Ryder died in Dubuque on 9 March 1940.

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{{authority control Businesspeople from Iowa American real estate brokers American grocers 1940 deaths Politicians from Dubuque, Iowa 1862 births School board members in Iowa Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly