Joseph T. Curry
| Joseph Tullis Curry | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Tensas Parish | |
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In office 1930–1944 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel F. Ashford |
| Succeeded by | J.C. Seaman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1895 St. Joseph, Tensas Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | August 21, 1961 (aged 66) |
| Resting place | Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rita Camors Curry (died 1944) |
| Children | Josephine Curry Evans (1935-1961) |
| Residence | St. Joseph, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Cotton planter |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Joseph Tullis Curry (July 24, 1895 - August 21, 1961) was a cotton planter from St. Joseph in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, who served from 1930 to 1944 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
His father, Joseph Curry (1855-1919), is often mistakenly referred to as "Sr." to avoid confusion with the son, whose middle name is derived not from the father but from the maiden name of his mother, the former Dorcea "Dot" Tullis. The senior Curry, a merchant and planter, had been part of the posse in 1878 which apprehended some one thousand African Americans in a revolt near Waterproof against then parish judge and later State Senator Charles C. Cordill. The senior Curry was first a deputy sheriff and then was elected Tensas Parish clerk of court, a position which he retained for many years. Dot Curry's brothers were Robert Lee Tullis (c. 1865-1955), a former secretary to a mayor of New Orleans and thereafter a longtime professor and dean of the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, and Hugh Tullis (1857-1931), an attorney and district judge in the delta country. Curry's cousin, Garner Hugh Tullis, served for three terms as the president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
Curry attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia. He was a United States Army officer during World War I.
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