Charles F. Curry
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Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 – October 10, 1930) was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from California and the father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.
Charles F. Curry, Jr.
Charles Forrest Curry, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from California and the son of Charles Forrest Curry....

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Curry was born in Naperville, Illinois
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...

 and attended the common schools and the Episcopal Academy in Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
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. He studied one year at the University of Washington
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 in Seattle and was also educated by a private tutor. In 1872, he moved with his parents to Seattle, Washington and then to San Francisco the following year.

There, Curry engaged in agricultural pursuits and the cattle, lumber and mining businesses. He served as a member of the State Assembly in 1887 and 1888. He became admitted to the bar
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 of San Francisco in 1888 and was then the Superintendent of Station B post office, San Francisco, from 1890 to 1894. After that Curry served as clerk of San Francisco city and county between 1894–1898. He was the Secretary of state of California from 1899–1910. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1910. The following year, he was appointed Building and Loan Commissioner of California. In the same year, he served as the Representative to the Panama Pacific International Exposition for the Pacific Coast and Intermountain States.

Curry was elected as a Republican
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 to the Sixty-third
63rd United States Congress
- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

. He served eight consecutive terms from March 4, 1913 until his death in Washington, D.C., October 10, 1930. During his tenure as a Congressman, he served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-sixth
66th United States Congress
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 through Seventy-first
71st United States Congress
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 Congresses).

After his death, Curry was interred in Abbey Mausoleum (near Arlington National Cemetery), Arlington, Va. He was reinterred in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church, Virginia
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