Laurence Curtis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Laurence Curtis

American politician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1893

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1989

Profession: lawyer, politician, tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Laurence Curtis

  • Laurence Curtis (September 3, 1893 – July 11, 1989) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
  • He was born in Boston.
  • He graduated from Groton School in 1912 and from Harvard University in 1916.
  • He served in the Foreign Diplomatic Service.
  • Upon graduation from college, he was commissioned as an officer in the Navy and was injured during an aviation training crash on a flying boat in Newport News, Virginia, resulting in the loss of a leg.
  • He served out the rest of his time in the military in Pensacola, Florida.
  • He was awarded the Citation Star. He returned to Harvard Law School and graduated in 1921.
  • He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston.
  • He was secretary to United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr..
  • He served as assistant United States attorney in Boston, was a member of Boston City Council, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, a member of Massachusetts State Senate, Massachusetts State Treasurer, a delegate to Republican National Convention in 1960, and a past State Commander and National Senior Vice Commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
  • He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1950. He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963).
  • He 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.
  • He 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.
  • He was a resident of Newton, Massachusetts until his death in Boston on July 11, 1989.
  • He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

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