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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsLaurence CURTIS
(1893-1989)
CURTIS, Laurence, a
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 and 1948; 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, 1989.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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