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Samuel Ryan Curtis

Samuel Ryan Curtis
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Samuel R. Curtis in 1862
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Iowa's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1857 – August 4, 1861
Preceded by Augustus Hall
Succeeded by James F. Wilson
Personal details
Born (1805-02-03)February 3, 1805
Champlain, New York
Died December 26, 1866(1866-12-26) (aged 61)
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Political party Republican
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Union
Service/branch United States Army
Union Army
Years of service 1831–1832, 1846–1847, 1861–1865
Rank Union Army major general rank insignia.svg Major General
Commands 2nd Iowa Infantry
Army of the Southwest
Department of the Missouri
Army of the Border
Battles/wars

Mexican-American War
American Civil War


Mexican-American War
American Civil War

Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 – December 26, 1866) was an American military officer, and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War, especially for his victories at the Battles of Pea Ridge in 1862 and Westport in 1864.

Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831. He entered the Engineer Corps and was stationed at Fort Gibson in present-day Oklahoma before resigning from the Army in 1832. He moved to Ohio, where he was a lawyer and took several other civilian jobs. During the Mexican-American War, he was appointed a colonel and served as military governor of several occupied cities.

After the war, he moved to Iowa, and became the mayor of Keokuk in 1856. In 1856 he was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Curtis and Timothy Davis (elected the same day to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district) were the first Iowa Republicans elected to serve in the U.S. House. Curtis was re-elected in 1858 and 1860.


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