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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Andrew G. Curtin |
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Bellefonte, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 21, 1817
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| Died | October 07, 1894
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | CURTIN, Andrew Gregg, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1817; pursued preparatory studies in Milton (Pa.) Academy, and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Bellefonte; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848 and in 1852; secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and superintendent of public instruction
Governor (R-PA) 1861-1867
Minister to Russia 1869-1872
Joined the Liberal Republican Party in 1872
Delegate to the constitutional convention of Pennsylvania
US House (D-PA) 1881-1887; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Forty-eighth Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Forty-ninth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886
Resumed the practice of his profession; died in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., on October 7, 1894; interment in Union Cemetery.
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