Curtis M. Williams

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Curtis Maugham Williams (born October 10, 1896 in Hatchechubbee , Alabama , † June 8, 1969 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Curtis Maugham Williams was born in Russell County in 1896 . Nothing is known about his youth. During the First World War he served in the US Navy . Williams lived in then Casa Grande ( Pinal County ). In the following years he worked as a hotel manager, as a clerk for a municipal utility, as a Veterans Service Officer and as Drivers License Bureau Chief in the Arizona State Highway Department .

Williams also had a political career. In the 1940s he was the Assistant Secretary of State of Arizona. When Arizona Governor Sidney P. Osborn died on May 25, 1948, the Arizona Constitution left open whether Secretary of State Daniel E. Garvey was the new governor or acting governor. The ambiguity also concerned the vacancy of the Secretary of State's post as to how it should be filled. The 18th Arizona State Legislature, 7th Special Session (September 13, 1948 to October 14, 1948) therefore passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 1 "A Concurrent Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Arizona Relating to Gubernatorial Succession," which came to vote on November 2, 1948 on the ballot. The Arizona Constitution Amendment was passed. Governor Garvey's first official act was on November 22, 1948, to appoint his former deputy, Curtis M. Williams, as the new Secretary of State. Prior to that, Williams served as acting Secretary of State. He was succeeded on January 3, 1949 by the Justice of the Peace Wesley Bolin from West Phoenix, who won the election as Secretary of State of Arizona in the November 1948 elections.

Williams was Past Commander of the American Legion's Luke Greenway Post No. 1 and a member of the Phoenix Art Museum .

His body was buried after his death on June 11, 1969 in Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Phoenix.

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SURNAME Williams, Curtis M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Curtis Maugham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Hatchechubbee , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1969
Place of death Phoenix , Arizona