Sidney Quinn Curtiss (September 4, 1917 – January 24, 1994) was an American politician who was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
from 1949 to 1979.
Early life
Curtiss was born on September 4, 1917, in
Sheffield, Massachusetts
Sheffield is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,327 at the 2020 census. Sheffield is home to Berkshire School, a private preparatory schoo ...
.
He attended
St. Paul's School and graduated from
Harvard College
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in 1940. He served in the
United States Army
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during
World War II
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. He graduated from
Boston University Law School
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in 1947.
Political career
Curtiss was a longtime officeholder in Sheffield. From 1948 to 1977 he was town counsel. From 1951 to 1977 he was town moderator. He also served on the town's board of assessors.
Curtiss represented the 6th Berkshire district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1949 to 1979. From 1961 to 1971 he was House minority leader.
Death
Curtiss died on January 24, 1999, in
Lenox, Massachusetts
Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is in Western Massachusetts and part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Pittsfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,095 at the 2020 United States census ...
.
See also
* Massachusetts legislature:
1949–1950,
1951–1952,
1953–1954,
1955–1956
References
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1917 births
1999 deaths
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from Sheffield, Massachusetts
Harvard College alumni
Boston University School of Law alumni
United States Army personnel of World War II
20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court