Julius Bolivar Curtis | |
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Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District | |
In office 1858–1859 | |
Preceded by | James H. Hoyt |
Succeeded by | Matthew F. Merritt |
In office 1860–1861 | |
Preceded by | Matthew F. Merritt |
Succeeded by | A. Homer Byington |
Personal details | |
Born | [1]
[2]
[3] Newtown, Connecticut [2] [3] [4] | December 10, 1825
Died | June 10, 1907[1]
[2]
[4] Stamford, Connecticut [1] | (aged 81)
Resting place | Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut (418-29) [2] |
Political party |
Free Soil Party
[3] American Party [3] Republican [3] |
Spouse(s) | Mary A. Acker (m. 1860), [3] Alice Kneeland Grain (m. May 11, 1886) [3] |
Children | Sarah L. Curtis Mackey, Louis Julius Curtis [3] |
Alma mater | Newtown Academy, New York State and National Law School |
Occupation | lawyer, judge |
Julius Bolivar Curtis (December 10, 1825 – June 10, 1907) was a lawyer and judge in Fairfield County, Connecticut, practicing for over fifty years. [1] He was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1858 to 1859 and from 1860 to 1861.
He was born in Newtown, Connecticut on December 10, 1825, [2] the son of Nichols and Ann Bennitt Curtis. [3] He attended Newtown Academy, and the New York State and National Law School at Ballston Spa, New York. [2] He was admitted to the bar on December 27, 1850. [3] [4] He began practicing law in Greenwich in 1851. [2] [3]
He was elected a Burgess of the Borough of Greenwich from 1855 to 1865, and served as Borough Attorney during the same period. [3] During the American Civil War, he served on the Military Committee of the town of Greenwich. [3]
He moved to Stamford in 1864. [3] He was elected Judge of the Probate Court in 1867 for the district of Stamford, holding the post through 1870. [2] [3] [4] He was judge of the Borough Court of Stamford from 1887 to 1893. [2] [3]
He was elected to the Connecticut Senate from Stamford. In this capacity, he was an ex officio member of the Corporation of Yale College. [2] [3]
Curtis had been a Republican since the organization of the party in Connecticut. However, he had previously sympathized with the Free Soil Party and the American Party. [3]
He was a member of the General Council of the American Bar Association beginning in 1889, and from 1885 to 1889 served as one of its Vice-Presidents. [3] He served as a director of the Stamford Street Railroad Company beginning in 1887. [3]
Curtis married his first wife, Mary Acker on October 30, 1854. [3] She died on February 23, 1884. [3] They had two children: Louis J. Curtis and Sarah L. Mackey. [3] His second wife was Alice Kneeland Grain. [3] They married on May 11, 1886. [3]
From 1896 to 1905, he was president of the Fairfield Bar Association. [2] [3]
He died in Stamford on June 10, 1907, of "old age." [1]