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Thomas P. Ryan Jr. (December 3 1928 – March 14 2003) was the 63rd Mayor of Rochester New York. Ryan began his tenure as Mayor under the old council/city manager system of government in which the mayor was selected from among members of City Council to be that body’s presiding officer. He first was voted to the post by his Council peers after the 1973 election which returned a Democratic majority to office.