Background
Kurtz, William Henry was born on January 31, 1804 in York, Pennsylvania, United States.
Kurtz, William Henry was born on January 31, 1804 in York, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended the common schools and the York County Academy at New York
He studied law, was admitted to the bar on January 7, 1828, and commenced practice in New York He served as prosecuting attorney of York County, Pennsylvania. Kurtz was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses.
He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Public Expenditures during the Thirty-third Congress.
He resumed the practice of law and died in York in 1868. Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Member United States House