| LC control no. | n 85057581 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Curtis, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1905-2000 |
| Variant(s) | Curtis, Carl Thomas, 1905- |
| Birth date | 1905-03-15 |
| Death date | 2000-01-24 |
| Place of birth | Minden (Neb.) |
| Place of death | Lincoln (Neb.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | His 40 years against the tide, 1985: CIP t.p. (Carl T. Curtis) LC data base, 7-1-85 (hdg.: Curtis, Carl Thomas, 1905- ; usage: Carl T. Curtis) Wikipedia WWW site, July 12, 2007 (Carl Thomas Curtis, b. Mar. 15, 1905; d. Jan. 24, 2000; American politician from the state of Nebraska; served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives (1939-1954) and later the Senate (1954-1979)) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 28, 2022 (Curtis, Carl Thomas, 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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