George Washington Ryland

George Washington Ryland (December 19, 1827 – July 4, 1910)^[1][2] was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Maryland in 1827, and moved to Lancaster, Wisconsin in 1853, where, in 1873, he opened a banking partnership. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate as a Republican from 1880 until 1883. From 1887 until 1891, he served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. After he left office, he retired in Lancaster, where he died in 1910.

References

• "Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. July 2005. pp. 31. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/695-743.pdf. Retrieved October 6, 2007. 
• "George W. Ryland". Office of the Lieutenant Governor. http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2079&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126. Retrieved October 6, 2007.