Thomas Jefferson Ryan

Thomas Jefferson Ryan, or Thomas J. Ryan (June 17, 1890 - November 10, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City, Ryan attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York. He was graduated from the scientific school of Fordham University, New York City, in 1908 and from the law department of that institution in 1911. He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in New York City. He was wounded while serving as an aviator in France during the First World War.

Ryan was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress. He served as delegate to the State convention in 1922. He resumed the practice of law. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. He served as special deputy attorney general of New York in 1925. He served as counsel to the Alien Property Custodian 1925-1930. He was affiliated with the Democratic Party in 1926. He resumed the practice of law and was a special deputy attorney of New York. He retired in 1950 to Coral Gables, Florida. He died in Miami, Florida, November 10, 1968. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, New York.

Source

• Thomas Jefferson Ryan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress