Willard S. Curtin | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's8th district | |
| In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Karl C. King |
| Succeeded by | Edward G. Biester, Jr. |
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| Born | (1905-11-28)November 28, 1905 |
| Died | February 4, 1996(1996-02-04) (aged 90) |
| Political party | Republican |
Willard Sevier Curtin (November 28, 1905 – February 4, 1996) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Willard S. Curtin was born inTrenton, New Jersey. He moved toMorrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his parents in 1911. He graduated fromPenn State University in 1929 and from theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School in 1932.
Curtin served as assistant district attorney ofBucks County, Pennsylvania from 1938 to 1949, and as district attorney from 1949 to 1953. He was a county committeeman to the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee from 1954 to 1956.
Curtin was elected as a Republican to theEighty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He defeated noted author (and Doylestown, Bucks County native)James A. Michener in the 1962 election.[1] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1966. Curtin voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[1]1960,[2] and1964,[3] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[4][5]
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