Background
Curtis, Carl Thomas was born on March 15, 1905 in Minden, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank O. and Alberta Mae (Smith) Curtis.
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Curtis, Carl Thomas was born on March 15, 1905 in Minden, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank O. and Alberta Mae (Smith) Curtis.
He attended public schools and later attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he was a member of Theta Chirurgical He studied law on his own and passed the bar examination
He served as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives (1939–1954) and later the United States Senate (1955–1979). He began practicing law in Kearney County and served as the county attorney from 1931 to 1934. Curtis was elected to the House of Representatives in 1938 on an anti-Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt and New Deal platform.
He served in the House from 1939 until 1954, being reelected every two years.
He was reelected three more times to six-year terms, serving from 1955 to 1979. He voted for the Civil Rights Acting of 1964.
During the investigation of bribery allegations against Robert Baker, Curtis supposedly leaked a secret memorandum to advance his own positions. Curtis supported Nixon"s Vietnam War escalation policy and remained loyal to him even during the height of the Watergate scandals, when Nixon was forced to resign as President.
Curtis served as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference from 1975 to 1979.
Following his retirement, Curtis moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he practiced law, served as an officer of the conservative lobby the American Freedom Coalition, and gave occasional interviews to the media. Curtis died in Lincoln on January 24, 2000, and is interred at Minden Cemetery in Minden, his longtime hometown. Following his death, he was praised on the Senate floor in a speech delivered by Strom Thurmond, a contemporary of Curtis"s who was also elected to the Senate in 1954.
Curtis was loyal to the Republican Party, particularly supporting its anti-communist stances and fiscal conservatism, which included opposition to social programs such as the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson"s Great Society.
Member Nebraska Bar Association, Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Theta Chi.
Married Lois Wylie-Atwater, June 6, 1931 (deceased September 1970). Children: Clara Mae (Mistress James A. Hopkins) (deceased), Carl Thomas. Married Mildred Genier Baker, December 1, 1972.