Background
Kurtz, Jacob Banks was born on October 31, 1867 in Delaware Township, Juniata Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham H. and Mollie (Bergey) Kurtz.
Kurtz, Jacob Banks was born on October 31, 1867 in Delaware Township, Juniata Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham H. and Mollie (Bergey) Kurtz.
Student Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, A.M., 1893. Bachelor of Laws, law school same college, 1893.
Began practice at Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1893. District attorney Blair Company, Pennsylvania, 2 terms, 1905-1912. Chairman Committee Public Safety and Council of Defense, World War.
Member 68th to 72d Congresses (1923-1933), 21st Pennsylvania District, re-elected to 73d Congress (1933-1935), 23d Pennsylvania District.
Member 68th to 72d Congresses (1923-1933), 21st Pa.
Married Jennie Stockton, of Washington Company, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1895. Children: Dorothy Stockton, Jay Banks.