- Laurence Curtis
Laurence Curtis was a
United States Representative fromMassachusetts . He was born in Boston onSeptember 3 ,1893 . He graduated fromGroton School in 1912 and fromHarvard University in 1916. He served in the Foreign Diplomatic Service. During theWorld War I , he entered theUnited 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 inPensacola, Florida . He was awarded theSilver Star for war services.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 toUnited States Supreme Court JusticeOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. . He served as assistant United States attorney in Boston, was a member ofBoston City Council ,a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives , a member ofMassachusetts State Senate , Massachustts State Treasurer, a delegate toRepublican National Convention in 1960, and a past State Commander and National Senior Vice Commander of theDisabled American Veterans .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 theUnited 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 until his death in Boston onJuly 11 ,1989 .*CongBio|C001011
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state=Massachusetts
district =10
before=Christian Herter
after =Joseph William Martin, Jr.
years=January 3 1953 –January 3 1963
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