Sidney Curtiss

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| name = Sidney Curtiss

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|9|4}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|1|24|1917|9|4}}

| death_place = Lenox, Massachusetts

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| occupation = Lawyer
Politician

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| party = Republican

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| alma_mater = Harvard College
Boston University Law School

| title = Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

| term_start = 1961

| term_end = 1971

| predecessor = Frank S. Giles

| successor = Francis W. Hatch, Jr.

| title2 = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 6th Berkshire district

| term_start2 = 1949

| term_end2 = 1979

| predecessor2 = District created

| successor2 = District eliminated

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Sidney Quinn Curtiss (September 4, 1917 – January 24, 1994) was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1949 to 1979.

Early life

Curtiss was born on September 4, 1917, in Sheffield, Massachusetts.{{cite book |title=1977–1978 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19771978bost#page/134/mode/2up }} He attended St. Paul's School and graduated from Harvard College in 1940. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He graduated from Boston University Law School in 1947.{{cite news|title=Sidney Curtiss, at 76; lawyer, ex-GOP leader in Mass. House|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=January 26, 1999}}

Political career

Curtiss was a longtime officeholder in Sheffield. From 1948 to 1977 he was town counsel. From 1951 to 1977 he was town moderator. He also served on the town's board of assessors.

Curtiss represented the 6th Berkshire district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1949 to 1979. From 1961 to 1971 he was House minority leader.