Thomas B. Curtis

Thomas B. Curtis

Thomas Bradford Curtis (born May 14, 1911 in St. Louis , Missouri , †  January 10, 1993 in Allegan , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1969 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Curtis attended the public schools in Webster Groves and then studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). After a subsequent law degree at Washington University in St. Louis and his admission to the bar in 1934, he began to work in this profession in St. Louis. In 1942 he was a member of the St. Louis County Electoral Committee . During the Second World War, Curtis served between 1942 and 1945 in the US Navy . Between 1947 and 1950 he was a member of a commission to revise Missouri state laws.

Politically, Curtis was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1950 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Raymond W. Karst on January 3, 1951 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1969 . Since 1953 he represented there as the successor of Morgan M. Moulder the second district of his state. During his time as a congressman, the Korean War , the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War took place . In addition, the 22nd , 23rd , 24th and 25th amendments to the Constitution were ratified.

In 1968 Thomas Curtis waived another application for the US House of Representatives in favor of a then unsuccessful candidacy for the US Senate . In 1964, 1976 and 1980 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions . Between 1969 and 1973 he was Vice President and Legal Adviser in the service of the Encyclopædia Britannica . In 1974 he ran again for the US Senate, but was subject to incumbent Thomas Eagleton . Between 1972 and 1973 he was chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting . From 1975 to 1976 he was a member of the Federal Electoral Commission ; He was also an advisor to the National Association of Technical and Trade Schools . Thomas Curtis died in Allegan on January 10, 1993.

Web links

• Thomas B. Curtis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)