Charles F. Curry junior

Charles Forrest Curry Jr. (born August 13, 1893 in San Francisco , California , †  October 7, 1972 in Long Beach , California) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1933 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Curry was the son of the congressman of the same name Charles F. Curry (1858-1930). He attended the public schools in his home country and Howe's Academy in Sacramento . He then went with his father, who had been a congressman since 1913, to the federal capital Washington , where he studied at George Washington University . This was followed by a law degree at Georgetown University . He was admitted to the bar in 1921. During the First World War , Curry was a lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps between 1917 and 1919 . Otherwise he worked as his father's secretary. Between 1919 and 1930 he worked for the Congressional Committee for the Administration of the Territories, of which his father was again chairman at this time.

In the 1930 congressional elections , Curry was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of California, where he succeeded his late father on March 4, 1931. Since he was not confirmed in 1932, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1933 . This was shaped by the events of the global economic crisis. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Charles Curry practiced as a lawyer; he also got into the mining business. He has also worked in various other industries. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died on October 7, 1972 in Long Beach.

Web links

• Charles F. Curry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles F. Curry Jr. in the database of Find a Grave (English)