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Name: Charles Forest Curry
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 20 Apr 1898
Christening Place: Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1893
Birthplace: Lake Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Charles Forest Curry
Mother's Name: Lillie Alice
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C53078-1 , System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy , GS Film number: 1316553 , Reference ID: 2:1V2P59M
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Find a Grave Memorial ID 7099163
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Obituary
U.S. Congressman. He attended George Washington University, Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C. and was secretary to his father, US Congressman Charles F. Curry, (1913-17). During World War I, he served overseas as a Second Lieutenant in the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, US Army. After the war, he was admitted to the bar in 1921 and was clerk to the Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives, (1919-30). In 1931, he was elected as a Republican as a write-in candidate to the Seventy-second Congress, serving until 1933. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to California, engaged in the practice of law, mining and other business enterprises, until his death at age 79.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith