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  Ryan, Elmer James
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  2023-01-01  
 
NameElmer James Ryan
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South St. Paul, Minnesota , United States
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Born May 26, 1907
DiedFebruary 01, 1958 (50 years)
ContributorThe Oncoming Storm
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Feb 14, 2024 12:20am
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InfoRYAN, Elmer James, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Rosemount, Dakota County, Minn., May 26, 1907; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1929; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in South St. Paul, Minn.; city attorney of South St. Paul 1933-1934; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1936 and 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law; entered active duty in the United States Army on June 23, 1942, as a lieutenant in the Selective Service; was promoted to captain and transferred to the Judge Advocate General's department, later promoted to major and was discharged on October 1, 1945; again resumed the practice of law in South St. Paul, Minn.; died in an automobile accident on Highway 35, five miles north of Somerset, Wis., February 1, 1958; interment in Rosemount Cemetery, Rosemount, Minn.


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  11/05/1940 MN District 2 Lost 42.46% (-6.58%)
  09/10/1940 MN District 2 - D Primary Won 68.58% (+37.15%)
  11/08/1938 MN District 2 Won 43.57% (+7.64%)
  11/03/1936 MN District 2 Won 39.21% (+6.66%)
  11/06/1934 MN District 2 Won 37.23% (+5.13%)
  06/18/1934 MN District 2 - D Primary Won 43.30% (+17.72%)
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