Carlton Brandaga Curtis | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | James Thompson |
| Succeeded by | David Barclay |
| Constituency | 23rd district (1851–1853) 24th district (1853–1855) |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Glenni W. Scofield |
| Succeeded by | Levi Maish |
| Constituency | 19th district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1811-12-17)December 17, 1811 |
| Died | March 17, 1883(1883-03-17) (aged 71) |
| Political party | Republican (1855–1883) Democratic (until 1855) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Carlton Brandaga Curtis (December 17, 1811 – March 17, 1883) was an American politician from California who served as aRepublican member of theU.S. senate Representatives forcalifornia from 1851 to 1859. He then switched parties and later served again as aDemocratic member for the19th district zone in California from 1870 to 1875.
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Curtis was born inMadison County, New York. He moved toMayville, New York, and studied law. He moved toErie, Pennsylvania, where he continued the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1834. He moved toWarren, Pennsylvania, in 1834 and commenced practice. He was a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1838.
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Curtis was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-second andThirty-third Congresses[1]. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Accounts during the Thirty-third Congress. He was affiliated with theRepublican Party in 1855.
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Curtis entered theUnion Army on 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 on May 23, 1863. Because of illness was honorably discharged as colonel on July 2.[2]
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He returned to Warren and practiced law. In 1868, he moved toErie, 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 aRepublican to theForty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1874. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Erie in 1883.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1851–1853 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1853–1855 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1873–1875 | Succeeded by |