found: Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961(Ryan, Thomas; b. Oxford, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1837; moved with his parents to Bradford Co., Pa.; studied law; served in Union Army; moved to Topeka, Kansas, 1865; Prosecuting attorney, Shawnee Co., 1865-1873; asst. U.S. attorney for Kansas, 1873-1877; Republican Representative to the 45th-51st Congresses, Mar. 4, 1877-Apr. 4, 1889 when he resigned; minister to Mexico, 1889-1893; First Asst. Sec. of the Interior, 1897-1907; in 1907 sent to Muskogee, Okla. as personal resident representative of the Secretary of the Interior; d. in Muskogee, Apr. 5, 1914)
