Willard S. Curtin
U.S. Congressperson
1905 – 1996
Who was Willard S. Curtin?
Willard Sevier Curtin was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Willard S. Curtin was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He moved to Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his parents in 1911. He graduated from Penn State University in 1929 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1932.
Curtin served as assistant district attorney of Bucks County, Pennsylvania from 1938 to 1949, and as district attorney from 1949 to 1953. He was a county committeeman to the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee from 1954 to 1956.
Curtin was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He defeated noted author James A. Michener in the 1962 election. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1966.
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- Born
- Nov 28, 1905
- Also known as
- Willard Curtin
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University
- Lived in
- Trenton
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Feb 4, 1996
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on July 23, 2013
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