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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NebraskaCarl Thomas CURTIS
(1905-2000)
Senate Years of Service:
1955-1979Party: RepublicanCURTIS, Carl Thomas, a
Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born near Minden,
Kearney County, Nebr., March 15, 1905; attended the public schools,
and Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln; teacher in the Minden,
Nebr., schools in 1927; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1930
and commenced practice in Minden; county attorney of Kearney
County, Nebr. 1931-1934; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-sixth Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses and
served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation December
31,1954; was not a candidate for reelection; elected as a
Republican in 1954 to the United States Senate for the six-year
term commencing January 3, 1955; subsequently appointed by the
Governor, January 1, 1955, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Hazel H. Abel for the term ending January 3, 1955;
reelected in 1960, 1966, and again in 1972 and served from January
1, 1955, to January 3, 1979; was not a candidate for reelection in
1978; chairman, Republican Conference (1975-1979); practiced law in
Lincoln, Nebr. where he was a resident until his death on January
24, 2000; interment in Minden Cemetery in Minden, Nebr.
Bibliography
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Curtis, Carl T.
To Remind. Henderson, NE: Service Press, 1982; Curtis, Carl
T., and Regis Courtemanche. Forty Years Against the Tide:
Congress and the Welfare State. Chicago: Regnery Gateway,
1986.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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