James Curtin
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the Mohave County district
In office
January 1921 – December 1922
Preceded byC. W. Herndon
Succeeded byKean St. Charles
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Oatman, Arizona, Kingman, Arizona
ProfessionPolitician

James Curtin was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 5th Arizona State Legislature, holding the seat from Mohave County.[1] He also served as the deputy sheriff of Mohave County. Outside of politics, he was involved in mining and ranching.

Biography

Curtin, as deputy sheriff, supervising destruction of illegal still during Prohibition, 1919

By 1915 Curtin was living in Oatman, Arizona.[2] In 1916, along with W. P. Mahoney, Curtin bought a ranch near Oatman at Cerbat.[3] Curtin was also the superintendent at the Cash Mine.[4] In 1919, after Mahoney had been elected sheriff of Mohave County, he appointed Curtin as his deputy sheriff.[5]

In 1920, he ran for the state senate seat from Mohave County.[6] He ran unopposed in the Democrat primary, and easily defeated his Republican opponent, R. W. Wilde, in the November general election.[7][8] During the 5th Legislature, he authored a bill regarding workmen's compensation, which would serve as the platform for the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1925, which became an amendment to the Arizona Constitution in September 1925.[9] In 1921, Curtin, again with Mahoney, organized the Comstock Consolidated Gold Mining Company.[10][11] In April 1922 Curtin announced his intention to run for re-election.[12] He was opposed by Kean St. Charles in the Democrat primary, who narrowly defeated him, 967–831.[13][14] By 1922 Curtin was living in Kingman, Arizona.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Arizona State Legislature 1912-1966". State of Arizona. p. 81. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Elks Dance". Mohave County Miner. February 27, 1915. p. 3. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Untitled". Bisbee Daily Review. January 6, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Quartz And Gypsum In Cash Entry Shaft". Mohave County Miner. July 29, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Notice Of Execution Sale". Mohave County Miner. February 1, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "For State Senate". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. June 5, 1920. p. 10. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Democratic County Ticket". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. October 16, 1920. p. 4. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Landslide To Harding Greatest In History". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. November 6, 1920. p. 12. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Senator Curtin, Father of Fifth Legislature Compensation Bill, Is Advocate of Proposed Amendment". Arizona Daily Star. September 25, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Articles of Incorporation of Comstock Consolidated Gold Mining Company". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. April 8, 1921. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "New Comstock Consolidated Adjoins The Gold Chain". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. April 22, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Announcement". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. April 28, 1922. p. 8. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Candidates Who Will Make Race In The Primary". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. August 18, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Final Count of Votes Cast in Primaries". Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. September 22, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Former Senator". Weekly Journal-Miner. September 27, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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