Which U.S. House of Representatives member was assassinated before Leo Ryan?
James M. Hinds
Abraham Lincoln
George W. Collins
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Answer
James M. Hinds, a U.S. House of Representatives member, was assassinated on October 22, 1868, before Leo Ryan. Hinds, a Republican from Arkansas, was shot and killed by a political opponent. Ryan, a Democrat from California, was assassinated on November 18, 1978, while on a fact-finding mission to Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple cult.
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