Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ryan yayi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dattawa ta Michigan, 1948 <unk> 1962, kuma ya kasance shugaban marasa rinjaye na shekaru shida na ƙarshe. Ya kasance wakili ne ga taron jihohin Michigan a kowace shekara biyu daga 1940 zuwa 1970 kuma wakili ne ga Babban Taron Kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat na
1956, 1960, da kuma 1964.