Curtis Hussey Gregg

Curtis Hussey Gregg ( born August 9, 1865 in Adam Castle, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, † January 18, 1933 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Curtis Gregg attended the common schools and the Greensburg Seminary. He then worked for some time as a teacher. Between 1883 and 1887 he was co-editor of the newspaper Greensburg Evening Press. After a subsequent law degree in 1888 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Greensburg to work in this profession. In 1891 he was district attorney in Westmoreland County. Between 1892 and 1896 he sat in the school committee of the city Greensburg. Politically Curtis Gregg was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1892, 1894 and 1896, he participated in their regional party conferences in Pennsylvania as a delegate. From 1896 to 1913 he was district chairman of the Democrats. In 1900 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. Four years later failed as a candidate for the Senate of Pennsylvania.

From 1901 to 1905 Gregg was a member of the council of Greensburg. He also appeared in the years 1908, 1928 and 1932, a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. In the congressional elections of 1910, he was the 22nd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Republican George Franklin Huff on March 4, 1911. Since he was not nominated in 1912 for re-election, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1913.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Gregg practiced as a lawyer again. He died on January 18, 1933 in Greensburg, where he was also buried.