Harold M. Ryan

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Harold M. Ryan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 14th district
In office
February 13, 1962 – January 3, 1965
Preceded byLouis C. Rabaut
Succeeded byLucien Nedzi
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 1st district
In office
1948–1962
Personal details
Born
Harold Martin Ryan

(1911-02-06)February 6, 1911
University of Detroit Law School
Professionlawyer

Harold Martin Ryan (February 6, 1911 – March 8, 2007) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was twice elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1962 to 1965.

Early life and career

Ryan was born in

University of Detroit Law School in 1935 and admitted to the bar the same year and engaged in private practice. He later assistant prosecuting attorney of Wayne County
, 1945–1946.

Political career

Ryan served as a member of the Michigan Senate from 1948 to 1962, where he represented the 1st district, and was minority leader for the final six years.[1] He was a delegate to Michigan state conventions every two years from 1940 to 1970 and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964.

On February 13, 1962, in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Lucien N. Nedzi
. He also lost against Nedzi in the primaries two years later.

After Congress

A decade after leaving Congress, he served as circuit judge of Wayne County for the third judicial circuit of Michigan from 1976 to 1985. He was a visiting judge from 1985 to 2006.

Harold M. Ryan was a Catholic and a member of

congestive heart failure at 96 years of age.[2]

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
United States Representative for the 14th Congressional District of Michigan

1962–1965
Succeeded by
Lucien N. Nedzi