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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Laurence Curtis |
| Address |
Newton, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
September 03, 1893 |
| Died |
July 11, 1989
(96 years) |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Jan 03, 2015 10:35pm |
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| Info | Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 3, 1893; graduated from Groton School in 1912 and from Harvard University in 1916; served in the Foreign Diplomatic Service for one year; during the First World War entered the United States Navy and after a training crash, resulting in the loss of a leg, served out the rest of the war as a ground officer at Pensacola, Fla.; awarded Silver Star citation for war services; returned to Harvard Law School and graduated in 1921; admitted to the Massachusetts bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston; secretary to United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1921 and 1922; assistant United States attorney in Boston 1923-1925; member of Boston City Council 1930-1933; member of the State house of representatives 1933-1936; member of State senate 1936-1941; State treasurer in 1947-1951; delegate to Republican National Convention in 1960; past State Commander and National Senior Vice Commander of the Disabled American Veterans; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1963); was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; resumed the practice of law; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress, in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress, and for nomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of Newton, Mass., until his death in Boston, Mass., on July 11, 1998.
Mr. Curtis also served one term as Massachusetts Treasurer, three terms as a State Senator, two as a State Representative and two as a Boston City Councilor.
He served in Congress from 1953 to 1962, representing his home town of Brookline and other Boston suburbs. In 1962, after his district's boundaries had been changed, he lost the Republican primary for a United States Senate seat to George Cabot Lodge, who lost in the general election to Edward M. Kennedy.
Mr. Curtis was unsuccessful in seeking to regain a seat in Congress in 1968, 1970 and 1972.
In the House he served on the Judiciary and the Foreign Affairs committees. He considered himself a moderate, but many regarded him as conservative.
He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and served for one year with the Foreign Service, attached to the United States Embassy in Paris.
When World War I started he joined the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. He lost a leg in a flight training accident.
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