PANIC 1837 CHEROKEE TRAIL TEARS CONGRESSMAN NY POLITICIANCURTIS AUTOGRAPH SIGNED

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EDWARD CURTIS
(1801 - 1856)
US WHIG CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK CITY DURING THE PANIC OF 1837 and “
TRAIL OF TEARS
” CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE REMOVAL IN 1838,
COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, WHO DIED IN OFFICE AFTER A MONTH, and RE-AFFIRMED BY PRESIDENT TYLER and THEN FIRED IN 1844 TO MAKE ROOM FOR VERMONT GOVERNOR and US DIPLOMAT TO THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, CORNELIUS P. VAN NESS,
MEMBER OF THE COMMON COUNCIL FROM THE THIRD WARD OF NEW YORK CITY IN 1834,
VOTED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
WHIG
PARTY, AFTER A LONG and ANIMATED CONTEST FOR THE POSITION
&
PROMINENT WASHINGTON, D.C., LAWYER and COUNSEL.
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HERE’S CURTIS’ SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM A 19
th
CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, and SIGNED:
“Edward Curtis
City of New York.”
The document has been mounted, measures 6½” x 1¼” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.
A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR NEW YORK POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
EDWARD CURTIS
Edward Curtis
(born October 25, 1801 in
Windsor, Vermont
– died August 2, 1856) was a Representative from New York for two terms, March 4, 1837 through March 3, 1841. He served as Collector of the Port of New York beginning on March 23, 1841 until July 7, 1844.
Education and career
He graduated from
Union College
in
Schenectady
, in 1823. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He began practice in New York City along with his brother George Curtis. The two formed a partnership with Judge Daniel B. Talmadge.
In 1834 Curtis became a member of the common council from the Third Ward of New York City.
He was voted president of the board of assistant aldermen as a representative of the
Whig Party (United States)
. His opponent in this political contest was James R. Whiting of the
Democratic Party (United States)
.
He was elected to the
Twenty-fifth Congress
and
Twenty-sixth Congress
, (March 4, 1837 and March 3, 1841), representing
New York's 3rd congressional district
. He was chosen chairman of the Committee of Commerce. Curtis was not a candidate for renomination.
He was appointed
Collector of the Port of New York
by
William Henry Harrison
, and served until July 7, 1844. Curtis was removed as collector by
John Tyler
. Afterward he resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C..
Death
He died in New York City on August 2, 1856 following a lingering illness. His place of burial is unknown.
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