Jabez L. M. Curry
(5 June, 1825 — 12 February, 1903) Curry was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. Curry was born in Lincoln County, Ga., later moving with his father to Talladega County, Ala. Curry was admitted to the bar in 1845 and served in the Mexican-American war as a private in the Texas Rangers in 1846. Curry also served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1847, 1853, and 1855. Curry was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4th, 1857 to January 21st, 1861 when he withdrew. Curry subsequently served as deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Confederate Congress and as a Representative in the First Confederate Congress. Curry also served as a lieutenant colonel of Calvary in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, afterwards becoming a Baptist preacher and President of Howard college. In 1902 Curry was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary on special mission to Spain and died in 1903. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]
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