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| name = Charles Forrest Curry
[[Image:Charles F. Curry - Clara Barton Centenary.jpg|thumb|Charles F. Curry]]
| image name = Charles F. Curry - Clara Barton Centenary.jpg
| date of birth= {{birth date|1858|3|14|mf=y}}
| place of birth= [[Naperville, Illinois]]
| date of death= {{death date and age|1930|10|10|1858|3|14}}
| place of death= [[Washington, D.C.]]
| state = [[California]]
| district = [[California's 3rd congressional district|3<sup>rd</sup>]]
| term_start = 1913
| term_end = 1930
| preceded = District created
| succeeded = [[Charles F. Curry, Jr.]]
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| religion = [[Episcopal]]
| spouse =
| residence =
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'''Charles Forrest Curry''' ([[March 14]], [[1858]] - [[October 10]], [[1930]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[California]], father of [[Charles F. Curry, Jr.|Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.]]
'''Charles Forrest Curry''' ([[March 14]], [[1858]] - [[October 10]], [[1930]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[California]], father of [[Charles F. Curry, Jr.|Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.]]

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Charles Forrest Curry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 3rd district
In office
1913–1930
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byCharles F. Curry, Jr.
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 - October 10, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from California, father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.

Born in Naperville, Illinois, Curry attended the common schools and the Episcopal Academy, Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He studied one year at the University of Washington at Seattle, and also was educated by a private tutor. He moved with his parents to Seattle, Washington, in 1872, and thence to San Francisco, California, in 1873. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and the cattle, lumber, and mining businesses. He served as member of the State assembly in 1887 and 1888. He was admitted to the bar of San Francisco in 1888. Superintendent of Station B post office, San Francisco from 1890 to 1894. He served as clerk of San Francisco city and county 1894-1898. Secretary of state of California 1899-1910. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1910. He was appointed building and loan commissioner of California in 1911. Representative to the Panama Pacific International Exposition for the Pacific Coast and Intermountain States in 1911.

Curry was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., October 10, 1930. He served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses). He was interred in Abbey Mausoleum (near Arlington National Cemetery), Arlington, Va. He was reinterred in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia.

Preceded by
District created
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 3rd congressional district

1913-1930
Succeeded by

References

  • United States Congress. "Charles F. Curry (id: C001000)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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