Carlton Brandaga Curtis

Carlton Brandaga Curtis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	James Thompson
Succeeded by	Michael C. Trout
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	James X. McLanahan
Succeeded by	Lemuel Todd
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Glenni W. Scofield
Succeeded by	Levi Maish
Personal details
Born	(1811-12-17)December 17, 1811 Madison County, New York
Died	March 17, 1883(1883-03-17) (aged 71) Erie, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Occupation	Lawyer

Carlton Brandaga Curtis (December 17, 1811 – March 17, 1883) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life

Carlton B. Curtis was born in Madison County, New York. He moved to Mayville, New York, and studied law. He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he continued the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1834. He moved to Warren, Pennsylvania, in 1834 and commenced practice. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1838.

First election to Congress

Curtis was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Thirty-third Congress. He was affiliated with the Republican Party in 1855.

Civil War service

Curtis entered the Union Army February 13, 1862, as lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry for a period of three years. He was promoted to colonel of that regiment May 23, 1863. Because of illness was honorably discharged as colonel July 2, 1863.

Post war activities

He returned to Warren and practiced law. In 1868 he moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, and continued the practice of law. He was also interested in banking and the production of oil, and was one of the originators and builders of the Dunkirk & Venango Railroad.

Curtis was again elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Erie in 1883. Interment in Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Pennsylvania.

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Pennsylvania

References

• United States Congress. "Carlton Brandaga Curtis (id: C001007)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.  Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• The Political Graveyard