CDV PHOTO OF PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR ANDREW CURTIN

CDV PHOTO OF PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR ANDREW CURTIN

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This is a simple bust view of Governor Curtin. Image is clear with good contrast. Image is on a plain mount with no photographer’s backmark. The mount was closely trimmed on all four sides.

Andrew Gregg Curtin was governor through one of Pennsylvania's darkest periods of history, the Civil War. Governor Curtin rallied support for President Abraham Lincoln and the Union cause and helped solidify the key role that Pennsylvania played in preserving the Union. Born April 22, 1817, in Bellefonte, Centre County, Curtin was the son of Roland Curtin and his second wife, Jean Gregg. After leaving the governor's office, Curtin was repeatedly called upon to lead reform factions of the Republican Party against the increasing power of boss Simon Cameron, but in 1869 Cameron defeated Curtin in a bid to serve in the U.S. Senate. As a consolation, President Ulysses S. Grant named Curtin Minister to Russia where he served until 1872 and then served Pennsylvania again as a delegate to the 1872-1873 state Constitutional Convention. Curtin's final political service was from 1881 to 1887 when he served three terms as a Democratic congressman. Curtin retired to his hometown of Bellefonte where he died October 7, 1894. After being honored as a hero and statesman by thousands who paid their respects in Bellefonte and escorted by military troops remembering his important role in the Civil War, Andrew Curtin was laid to rest there in Union Cemetery. [jet]  [PH:L]

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