Elmer Ryan

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Elmer James Ryan (May 26, 1907February 1, 1958) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota, 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, Minnesota; city attorney of South St. Paul 1933 – 1934; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1936 and 1940; elected as a Democrat to the 74th, 75th, and 76th congresses (January 3, 1935January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the 77th 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, Minnesota; died in an automobile accident on Highway 35, five miles north of Somerset, Wisconsin, February 1, 1958; interment in Rosemount Cemetery, Rosemount, Minnesota.

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Preceded by
At large on a General ticket:
Henry M. Arens, Ray P. Chase, Theodore Christianson, Einar Hoidale, Magnus Johnson, Harold Knutson, Paul John Kvale, Ernest Lundeen, Francis Shoemaker
U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
1935 – 1941
Succeeded by
Joseph P. O'Hara