Charles F. Curry, Jr.
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Charles Forrest Curry, Jr. (August 13, 1893 - October 7, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from California, son of Charles Forrest Curry.
Born in San Francisco, California, Curry attended the public schools, Howe's Academy, Sacramento, California, and George Washington University and Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C.. Secretary to his father, Congressman Charles F. Curry from 1913 to 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. He served as clerk to the Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives from 1919 to 1930. He was admitted to the bar in 1921.
Curry was elected as a Republican as a write-in candidate to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He engaged in the practice of law, and in mining and other business enterprises. Resided in Long Beach, California, where he died October 7, 1972. He was interred in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, California.
