WILLIAM FITTS RYAN - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 71363
Price: $90.00
WILLIAM FITTS RYAN
The former member of Congress and civil rights advocate signs his
name in blue ink on this FDC honoring a 5 cent stamp for the New York World
Fair
First Day Cover Signed: "William F. Ryan." 6½x3¾. William
Fitts Ryan (1922-1972) was an American lawyer and politician. Ryan served
as assistant district attorney in New York County from 1950 until 1957 and then
again from 1957 until 1961. In 1961, he was elected to Congress as a
Democrat, representing Manhattan's Upper West Side, and was elected five more
times. Ryan was an early opponent of American involvement in the Vietnam
War, being the first member of the U.S. House to speak out against the war, and
was active in supporting civil rights. Lightly toned and creased. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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