Edward W. Curley

Edward Walter Curley (* May 23, 1873 in Easton, Pennsylvania, † January 6, 1940 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1940 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Walter Curley was born about eight years after the end of the civil war in Northampton County. The family moved in 1874 to New York City. There he attended public schools and the City College of New York. Between 1892 and 1900 he worked in the construction industry and 1900-1916 in the building materials and construction machinery and equipment business. He sat from 1 January 1916 to his resignation on November 5, 1935 at the Board of Aldermen in New York City. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

Curley was elected in a by-election in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the 74th Congress, there to fill the vacancy, created by the death of Anthony J. Griffin. His seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, he took on November 5, 1935. In the congressional elections of 1936 he was elected to the 75th Congress. He was once again elected, but died before the end of his final term on January 6, 1940 in New York City. His body was then interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla in Westchester County.