Leo Ryan Folsom Prison as an inmate. During his time in Congress, Ryan traveled to Newfoundland to investigate the practice of seal hunting. He was also famous for vocal criticism of the lack of Congressional oversight of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and authored the Hughes–Ryan Amendment, passed in 1974. Ryan was shot and killed at an airstrip in Guyana in November 1978 while his party was attempting to escape a dangerous situation. He had traveled to Guyana to investigate claims that people were being held against their will at the Peoples Temple Jonestown settlement. Ryan was killed the same day of
Joseph Bailey (congressman) Joseph Bailey (congressman) Joseph Bailey (March 18, 1810 – August 26, 1885) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Joseph Bailey was born in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a hatter, which he carried on in Parkersville, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1840. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1843. He moved to Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1845. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1851 to 1853. He served as State Treasurer of