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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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CURRY, Charles Forrest, Jr., (son of Charles Forrest Curry),
a Representative from California; born in San Francisco, Calif.,
August 13, 1893; attended the public schools, Howes Academy, Sacramento,
Calif., and George Washington University and Georgetown University School of
Law, Washington, D.C.; secretary to his father, Congressman Charles F. Curry,
1913-1917; during the First World War enlisted in the Aviation Section, Signal
Enlisted Reserve Corps, on August 15, 1917; commissioned a second lieutenant
and served until May 22, 1919, with overseas service; clerk to the Committee on
the Territories, House of Representatives, 1919-1930; was admitted to the bar
in 1921; elected as a Republican as a write-in candidate to the Seventy-second
Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; engaged in the practice of law, and in
mining and other business enterprises; resided in Long Beach, Calif., where he
died October 7, 1972; interment in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster,
Calif.
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