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About Carl Curtis, U.S. Senator
Carl Thomas Curtis, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born near Minden, Kearney County, Nebr., March 15, 1905; attended the public schools, and Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln; teacher in the Minden, Nebr., schools in 1927; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced practice in Minden; county attorney of Kearney County, Nebr. 1931-1934; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation December 31,1954; was not a candidate for reelection; elected as a Republican in 1954 to the United States Senate for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1955; subsequently appointed by the Governor, January 1, 1955, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hazel H. Abel for the term ending January 3, 1955; reelected in 1960, 1966, and again in 1972 and served from January 1, 1955, to January 3, 1979; was not a candidate for reelection in 1978; chairman, Republican Conference (1975-1979); practiced law in Lincoln, Nebr. where he was a resident until his death on January 24, 2000; interment in Minden Cemetery in Minden, Nebr.
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Carl Curtis, U.S. Senator's Timeline
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March 15, 1905
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Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska, United States
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| 2000 |
January 24, 2000
Age 94
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Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States
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Minden, Kearney County, NE, United States
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