N. Martin Curtis

Newton Martin Curtis (May 21, 1835 - January 8, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York, Curtis attended the common schools and Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary.He entered the Union Army as captain of Company G, Sixteenth Regiment, New York Infantry, May 15, 1861.He served as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, New York Infantry, October 23, 1862.He served as colonel January 21, 1863. Brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers October 28, 1864. Brigadier general January 15, 1865. Brevetted major general of Volunteers March 13, 1865. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.He was appointed collector of customs, district of Oswegatchie, New York, in 1866.He was appointed special agent of the United States Treasury Department in 1867, which position he resigned in 1880.He was employed by the Department of Justice 1880-1882.He served as member of the State assembly 1884-1890.

Curtis was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Leslie W. Russell.He was reelected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and served from November 3, 1891, to March 3, 1897.He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Fifty-fourth Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.He served as assistant inspector general of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1910.He died in New York City on January 8, 1910.He was interred in Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, New York.

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