George Curry (politician)

George Curry ( * April 3, 1861 in Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, † November 24, 1947 in Albuquerque, New Mexico ) was an American politician and from 1907 to 1910 the penultimate Governor of New Mexico Territory.

Early years and political rise

After attending primary school Curry moved in 1879 to the New Mexico Territory. There he worked until 1881 in a cattle breeding operation. After that, he was a salesman in Fort Stanton. Until 1886 he was engaged in trade and in the equities business. Between 1886 and 1887 he was deputy treasurer in Lincoln County. In 1888 he was assessor and sheriff in 1890 in this district. Between 1894 and 1896 he was a member of the Territorial Senate from New Mexico.

During the Spanish- American War was Lieutenant Curry in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider unit. He, however, did not come to Cuba, but only to the Philippines. Between 1899 and 1901 he was stationed as a lieutenant in Manila. There he worked as a military lawyer and judge. By 1907, he was still governor of some belonging to the U.S. Pacific Islands. In 1907 he was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the new territorial governor of New Mexico.

Territorial Governor of New Mexico

George Curry practiced his new office in New Mexico from 1907 to 1910. In this time of accession of territory was prepared as a regular state to the United States in New Mexico final. After that, he was 1912-1913 Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington.

Further CV

After retiring from the U.S. Congress Curry worked in Socorro in the hotel business. Between 1921 and 1922 he was secretary to U.S. Senator Holm O. Bursum. From 1922 to 1927 he was a member of the Boundary Commission (International Boundary Commission ). Then he moved to a ranch near cutter, also in New Mexico. Since 1945 until his death in 1947, he worked as a history lecturer at the State Government of New Mexico (State Historian ).