Curtis Coe Bean

Curtis Coe Bean ( born January 4, 1828 in Tamworth, Carroll County, New Hampshire; † February 1, 1904 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1887 he represented as a delegate the Arizona Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

After the early death of his father Curtis Bean moved with his mother to Gilmanton in Belknap County. There he attended the Gilmanton Academy. He later studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Union College in Schenectady (New York). The early 1850s he moved to New York City where he was employed by the customs authority. He also began to speculate on the stock market, among others. Curtis Bean then studied law.

Political rise

During the civil war was Curtis Bean contractor of the Union army, which he supplied with supplies. In 1864 he moved to Tennessee, where he first settled in Columbia and then in Nashville. He worked there from 1866 to 1867 as a prosecutor. Bean was a member of the Republican Party. From 1867 to 1868, he was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee. In 1868 he moved to Prescott in Arizona Territory. There he again supplied the U.S. Army with supplies. But he was also active in other areas such as retail, mining, livestock or the railways. In 1876, he ran unsuccessfully for the post of Congress delegates. In 1879 he was elected to the Senate of the Arizona Territory.

In the congressional elections of 1876, he was elected as the successor of Granville Henderson Oury as a delegate in the U.S. Congress. There he graduated between 4 March 1885, the March 3, 1887 a legislative period. In the elections of 1886, he was forced to resign from his position at Marcus A. Smith of the Democratic Party.

Further CV

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Bean returned to his business in the Arizona Territory. In 1889, he moved to New York City. But he maintained a residence and his business in Arizona. In 1901, he served as territorial governor in conversation, but was not appointed to this office. Curtis Bean died on February 1, 1904 in New York City and was also buried there.