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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkWilliam RYAN
(1840-1925)
RYAN, William, a
Representative from New York; born in Tipperary, Ireland, March 8,
1840; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled
in Stanwich, Conn., in 1844; attended the district schools; in the
spring of 1859 went to the Rocky Mountains and engaged in
prospecting, mining, and also in campaigns against the Indians
until 1861, when he returned East and settled in Port Chester,
Westchester County, N.Y.; engaged in agricultural pursuits and
teaching and later in mercantile pursuits; supervisor of the town
of Rye 1883-1885; member of the State assembly in 1891 and 1892;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4,
1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894
to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed business as a merchant in
Port Chester, N.Y.; president of the Port Chester Savings Bank and
president of the village of Port Chester in 1912; died in Crescent
City, Fla., February 18, 1925; interment in St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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