Charles F. Curry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles F. Curry

American politician

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1858

Place of Birth: Naperville, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1930

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Charles F. Curry

  • Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 – October 10, 1930) was a U.S.
  • Representative from California and the father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.. Curry was born in Naperville, Illinois and attended the common schools and the Episcopal Academy in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
  • He studied one year at the University of Washington in Seattle and was also educated by a private tutor.
  • In 1872, he moved with his parents to Seattle, Washington and then to San Francisco the following year. There, Curry engaged in agricultural pursuits and the cattle, lumber and mining businesses.
  • He served as a member of the State Assembly in 1887 and 1888.
  • He became admitted to the bar of San Francisco in 1888 and was then the superintendent of Station B post office, San Francisco, from 1890 to 1894.
  • After that Curry served as clerk of San Francisco city and county between 1894 and 1898.
  • He was the Secretary of State of California from 1899 to 1910.
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1910.
  • The following year, he was appointed Building and Loan Commissioner of California.
  • In the same year, he served as the representative to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition for the Pacific Coast and Intermountain States. Curry was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress.
  • He served eight consecutive terms from March 4, 1913 until his death in Washington, D.C., October 10, 1930 at which point his son won his seat as a write-in candidate.
  • During his tenure as a Congressman, he served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses). In 1921, Curry had a new elementary school named in his honor in Vallejo, California.
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  • Curry school was located at 321 Wallace Avenue, and was in operation from 1921 until 1973.
  • The grounds also housed Carol Vista, a school for handicapped and special needs students. After his death, Curry was interred in Abbey Mausoleum (near Arlington National Cemetery), Arlington, Virginia.
  • He was reinterred in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia.

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