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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and Democratic Party politician who represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 until his assassination hours before the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
When Congressman Leo Ryan insists on visiting, Jones alternates between reluctant acceptance and refusal. Ultimately, Jones allows Ryan, several journalists, and the Concerned Relatives representatives to visit the compound. Jones coaches the Peoples Temple members on what to say, but is surprised by a series of defections.
Featured discussion of Speier's book Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back, about her experiences accompanying Congressman Leo Ryan to investigate the Peoples Temple settlement at Jonestown. November 25, 2018: Ted Widmer: Featured discussion of Widmer's biography of Martin Van Buren. December 2, 2018
Leo Ryan House California (11th district) November 18, 1978 Peoples Temple (under the direction of Jim Jones) Mass shooting While on an official visit to Guyana to investigate the activities of the Peoples Temple group led by Jim Jones, Ryan was shot multiple times while boarding an airplane leaving Jonestown. [11] Larry McDonald House Georgia
Congressman Leo Ryan. Leo Ryan, who represented California's 11th congressional district, was friends with the father of Bob Houston, a Temple member in California whose mutilated body was found near train tracks on October 5, 1976, three days after a taped telephone conversation with Houston's ex-wife in which leaving the Temple was discussed.
On October 27, 2017, Speier, as part of the #MeToo movement, posted a video sharing her experience with sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. [28] She said that when she was in her 20s, G.W. "Joe" Holsinger, a chief of staff for Representative Leo Ryan, "kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth."
As Ryan was preparing to leave, he and four others (including U.S. journalists and defectors) were shot to death on the airstrip by Temple gunmen. The murders prompted Jones to command his flock ...
The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan. [1] Ryan later went on to become a United States representative from California's 11th congressional district. [2] Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple in Guyana. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983. [3] [4] [5] [6]