Carlton Brandaga Curtis

Infobox Officeholder
name = Carlton Brandaga Curtis

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imagesize = 200px
state_house = Pennsylvania
district = 23rd
term_start = 1851
term_end = 1853
predecessor = James Thompson
successor = Michael C. Trout
state2 = Pennsylvania
district2 = 16th
term_start2 = 1853
term_end2 = 1855
predecessor2 = James X. McLanahan
successor2 = Lemuel Todd
state3 = Pennsylvania
district3 = 19th
term_start3 = 1873
term_end3 = 1875
predecessor3 = Glenni W. Scofield
successor3 = Levi Maish
birth_date = birthdate|1811|12|17
birth_place = Madison County, New York flagicon|New York
death_date = death date and age|1883|3|17|1811|12|17
death_place = Erie, Pennsylvania flagicon|Pennsylvania
party = Republican
occupation = Lawyer

Carlton Brandaga Curtis (December 17, 1811 – March 17, 1883) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life

Carlton B. Curtis was born in Madison County, New York. He moved to Mayville, New York, and studied law. He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he continued the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1834. He moved to Warren, Pennsylvania, in 1834 and commenced practice. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1838.

First election to Congress

Curtis was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Thirty-third Congress. He was affiliated with the Republican Party in 1855.

Civil War service

Curtis entered the Union Army February 13, 1862, as lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry for a period of three years. He was promoted to colonel of that regiment May 23, 1863. Because of illness was honorably discharged as colonel July 2, 1863.

Post war activities

He returned to Warren and practiced law. In 1868 he moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, and continued the practice of law. He was also interested in banking and the production of oil, and was one of the originators and builders of the Dunkirk & Venango Railroad.

Curtis was again elected as a Republican to the Forty-thirdCongress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Erie in 1883. Interment in Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Pennsylvania.

References

*CongBio|C001007 Retrieved on 2008-02-14
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html The Political Graveyard]

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