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Joseph Francis Ryter

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Birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
5 Feb 1978 (aged 64)
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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Bloomfield,Hartford County,Connecticut,USAAdd to Map
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US Congressman. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Polish immigrants Franciszek Ryter (1887-1940), and his wife Maryanna Ryter (1893-1961), on February 4, 1914. He was educated in local parochial schools and attended the St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He then attended and graduated from the prestigious Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1935. He also attended and studied at the College of Law in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1938, and commenced his practice of law in Hartford, Connecticut, shortly thereafter. He then decided to enter politics and he served as an Assistant Clerk of the Hartford Police Court in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1939 to 1941. He also served as a Member of the Hartford City Court in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1941 to 1943, and as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1940. He also served as President of the Pulaski Federation of Democratic Clubs of Connecticut where he was active in Polish-American Affairs, from 1939 to 1942, and as a Justice of the Peace and Clerk of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1939 to 1943. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Boleslaus Joseph "B.J" Monkiewicz (1898-1971), on January 3, 1945. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served Connecticut's (Seventy-Ninth Congress), as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to represent the Eightieth Congress in 1946. During his time in the United States Congress, he was a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a Member of a Subcommittee on Eastern European Affairs. While in office he visited Eastern Europe in 1946 and reported on the Lend-Lease program, the United Nations Relief and rehabilitation, and the situation in Poland. After his term in the United States Congress expired, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Antoni Nicholas Sadlak (1908-1969), on January 3, 1947. After his time in the United States Congress, he returned to his practice of law in Hartford, Connecticut, and resided in West Hartford, Connecticut, for the next thirty years. He passed away following a sudden illness at the St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in West Hartford, Connecticut, on February 5, 1978, one day after his 63rd birthday. His funeral service was held at the Molloy Funeral Home in Hartford, Connecticut, and a mass of Christian burial was held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford, Connecticut, and he was buried in Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He was married to Mary Katherine Walsh Ryter (1910-2013), with whom he had four children, three girls and one boy. His wife Mary Katherine survived him, passing away on February 8, 2013, at the age of 103.
US Congressman. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Polish immigrants Franciszek Ryter (1887-1940), and his wife Maryanna Ryter (1893-1961), on February 4, 1914. He was educated in local parochial schools and attended the St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He then attended and graduated from the prestigious Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1935. He also attended and studied at the College of Law in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1938, and commenced his practice of law in Hartford, Connecticut, shortly thereafter. He then decided to enter politics and he served as an Assistant Clerk of the Hartford Police Court in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1939 to 1941. He also served as a Member of the Hartford City Court in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1941 to 1943, and as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1940. He also served as President of the Pulaski Federation of Democratic Clubs of Connecticut where he was active in Polish-American Affairs, from 1939 to 1942, and as a Justice of the Peace and Clerk of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1939 to 1943. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Boleslaus Joseph "B.J" Monkiewicz (1898-1971), on January 3, 1945. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served Connecticut's (Seventy-Ninth Congress), as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to represent the Eightieth Congress in 1946. During his time in the United States Congress, he was a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a Member of a Subcommittee on Eastern European Affairs. While in office he visited Eastern Europe in 1946 and reported on the Lend-Lease program, the United Nations Relief and rehabilitation, and the situation in Poland. After his term in the United States Congress expired, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Antoni Nicholas Sadlak (1908-1969), on January 3, 1947. After his time in the United States Congress, he returned to his practice of law in Hartford, Connecticut, and resided in West Hartford, Connecticut, for the next thirty years. He passed away following a sudden illness at the St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in West Hartford, Connecticut, on February 5, 1978, one day after his 63rd birthday. His funeral service was held at the Molloy Funeral Home in Hartford, Connecticut, and a mass of Christian burial was held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford, Connecticut, and he was buried in Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He was married to Mary Katherine Walsh Ryter (1910-2013), with whom he had four children, three girls and one boy. His wife Mary Katherine survived him, passing away on February 8, 2013, at the age of 103.

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