Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

They were attacked by Jones ' guards and Congressman Leo Ryan was killed.

Congressman Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand.

The Cult Awareness Network ( CAN ) was founded in the wake of the November 18, 1978 deaths of members of the group Peoples Temple and assassination of Congressman Leo J. Ryan in Jonestown, Guyana.

The victims included United States Congressman Leo Ryan.

Among the dead was Leo Ryan, who remains the only Congressman assassinated in the line of duty as a Congressman in the history of the United States.

In November 1978, U. S. Congressman Leo Ryan led a fact-finding mission to Jonestown to investigate allegations of human rights abuses.

* Leo Ryan, U. S. Congressman who while an Assemblyman had posed as a prisoner to investigate conditions.

* Patricia Ryan ( CFF ), former director of the Cult Awareness Network, and daughter of former US Congressman Leo Ryan

* Congressman Leo J Ryan Memorial Page, hosted by Arnaldo Lerma

A member of the Democratic Party, Westly worked for Congressman Leo Ryan in 1978 as his first job out of college.

Josh decides that he doesn't want Hoynes ( or current VP Bob Russell ) to be President, and instead convinces Texas Congressman Matt Santos to run for president, much in the same way Leo McGarry recruited Bartlet eight years prior.

After a discussion with his mentor Leo McGarry Josh discovers that he already found his guy, Congressman Santos.

* Robin Leo Beard Jr, former Tennessee Congressman

The first killings of the November 1978 Jonestown massacre occurred in Port Kaituma when Leo Ryan, a U. S. Congressman from California, and others were gunned down while boarding a small Twin Otter aircraft on the local airstrip.

" In a statement which Congressman Leo J. Ryan later read into the Congressional Record, Dr. John Gordon Clark cited totalitarian systems of governance and an emphasis on money making as characteristics of a destructive cult.

In the seventh season of the show, Vinick and Sullivan are running against Congressman Matt Santos of Texas, the Democratic nominee, and his running mate, former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Labor Leo McGarry.

On a tape of their final meeting, Jones tells Temple members that the Soviet Union, with whom the Temple had been negotiating a potential exodus for months, would not take them after the Temple had murdered Congressman Leo Ryan, NBC reporter Don Harris and three others at a nearby airstrip.

Congressman Leo Ryan

Speier served as a congressional staffer for Congressman Leo Ryan.

As a result of writing the piece, Behar was presented with the 1992 Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism, the Worth Bingham Prize, the Conscience-in-Media Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, awarded to " those who have demonstrated singular commitment to the highest principles of journalism at notable personal cost or sacrifice ," and the Leo J. Ryan Award, in honor of Congressman Leo J. Ryan.

" On 17 November 1978, security staff of the People's Temple murdered American Congressman Leo Ryan on the airstrip at Port Kaituma.

Congressman Paul Ryan cites Kemp as a mentor, and mentioned him in his acceptance speech as the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee in 2012.

In 2011, Wisconsin Congressman and House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan gave the English Republican response from the House Budget Committee hearing room, while Florida Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen delivered the Spanish response.

Congressman Ryan and his people succeeded in taking with them fifteen People's Temple members who had expressed a wish to leave.

The guards killed Congressman Ryan and four others near a twin engine Otter aircraft.

The five killed at the airstrip were Congressman Ryan ; Don Harris, a reporter from NBC ; Bob Brown, a cameraman from NBC ; San Francisco Examiner photographer Greg Robinson ; and Temple member Patricia Parks.

* Paul Ryan, Republican U. S. Congressman, 1999-present

Sandoval was rumored to be on the short list for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential pick before the selection of Wisconsin Congressman and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.

At that reception, unbeknownst to Jones, Temple member Vernon Gosney passed a note to Don Harris ( mistaking him for Ryan ), which read " Dear Congressman, Vernon Gosney and Monica Bagby Temple member.

The first known use of the term was by Congressman Davy Crockett, who said on the floor ( of the U. S. House of Representatives ) in 1835, " my people don't like me to log-roll in their business, and vote away pre-emption rights to fellows in other states that never kindle a fire on their own land.

Harding supported Congressman Leonidas Dyer's federal anti-lynching bill, known as the Dyer Bill, which passed the House of Representatives on January 26, 1922.

* Martin AuCoin, earliest known ancestor of U. S. Congressman Les AuCoin

* Henry Washburn ( also known as Henry Dana Washburn ), Civil War general, U. S. Congressman, explorer, as surveyor-general of the Montana Territory he led first government survey of Yellowstone Park.

Ignatius Loyola Donnelly ( November 3, 1831 – January 1, 1901 ) was a U. S. Congressman, populist writer and amateur scientist, known primarily now for his theories concerning Atlantis, Catastrophism ( especially the idea of an ancient impact event affecting ancient civilizations ), and Shakespearean authorship, all of which modern historians consider to be pseudoscience and pseudohistory.

A Congressman from 1925 to 1931, He is best known for being the father of former president Ferdinand Marcos.

John Randolph ( June 2, 1773May 24, 1833 ), known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter, and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833, the Senate ( 1825 – 1827 ), and also as Minister to Russia ( 1830 ).

A long-time Congressman and fellow Georgian, Newt Gingrich, was the leader of the movement, and Chambliss and the other Republicans elected that year are known as the Class of ' 94.

Brookhart was what was known as a “ fervent dry .” In a futile effort to stop the growing sentiment for the repeal of Prohibition, Brookhart began a nationwide tour, during which time he debated Congressman Fiorello LaGuardia, Clarence Darrow, and other prominent " wets " or opponents of Prohibition.

Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L. A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matthew Vincente Santos on The West Wing.

Congressman Sherman “ led the House revolt " against the original $ 700 billion bailout plan, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program ( TARP ).

The Congressman has long been known for environmental regulations, and was endorsed in the past by the League of Conservation Voters.

Upon the sponsorship of the Congressman Victor F. Ortega ( 1st District-La Union ) at the House of Representatives, House Bill 7594 ( Act Converting the Municipality of San Fernando, La Union into a Component City to be known as City of San Fernando ) was approved.

For most of its lifetime, the Project faced a barrage of criticism from conservatives and particularly the House Un-American Activities Committee ( also known as HUAC ) and its chair, Congressman Martin Dies of Texas.

James Claude Wright, Jr. ( born December 22, 1922 ), usually known as Jim Wright, is a former Democratic U. S. Congressman from Texas who served 34 years in the U. S. House of Representatives and was the Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989.

Therefore, Stupak and Republican Congressman Joseph R. Pitts submitted an amendment known as the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to prohibit such payments.

In a 1976 scandal known as Koreagate, it came to light that Edwards and his wife Elaine had received questionable gifts in 1971, while Edwards was still a U. S. Congressman.

Robert Taft ( commonly known as Robert Taft Jr .) ( February 26, 1917December 7, 1993 ) was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971.

The NAP's first impact on the New York city political scene was its participation in the early stages of what became known as the " Dump Koch " movement, which focused on then Mayor Edward I. Koch, a former liberal Congressman who had moved steadily rightward.

Thadeus Stevens, famed 19th century U. S. Congressman and abolitionist, was known for his humor and wit.

* Henry Alexander Baldwin ( 1871 – 1946 ), businessman and U. S. Congressman from Hawaii known as " Harry "

Investigations by Congressman Donald M. Fraser found the KCIA to have funneled bribes and favors through Korean businessman Tongsun Park in an attempt to gain favor and influence in Washington, D. C .; some 115 Members of Congress were implicated in what became known as the Koreagate scandal.

But in 1971, the Congress passed into law Republic Act 6372 otherwise known as " An Act Creating the Municipality of Dupax del Sur from the Municipality of Dupax in the province of Nueva Vizcaya ", sponsored by Congressman Benjamin B. Perez in the Philippine House of Representatives and Senator Leonardo B. Perez in the Philippine Senate.

As a Congressman, Zimmer is best known for writing Megan's Law ( U. S. Public Law 104-145 ), which requires notification when a convicted sex offender moves into a residential area.