Willard Sevier CURTIN, Congress, PA (1905-1996)

CURTIN, Willard Sevier, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., November 28, 1905; moved to Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa., with his parents in 1911; attended the public schools; graduated from Penn State University in 1929 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1932; was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced practice in Morrisville, Pa.; first assistant district attorney of Bucks County 1938-1949; district attorney 1949-1953; county committeeman to the Pennsylvania State Republican committee 1954-1956; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; was a resident of Ft. Myers, Fla., until his death on February 4, 1996.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present