Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1993 Representative 154 Democrat
1994 Representative 154 Democrat
1995 Representative 154 Democrat
1996 Representative 154 Democrat
1997 Representative 154 Democrat
1998 Representative 154 Democrat
1999 Representative 154 Democrat
2000 Representative 154 Democrat
2001 Representative 154 Democrat
2002 Representative 154 Democrat
2003 Representative 154 Democrat
2004 Representative 154 Democrat
2005 Representative 154 Democrat
2006 Representative 154 Democrat
2007 Representative 154 Democrat
2008 Representative 154 Democrat
2009 Representative 154 Democrat
2010 Representative 154 Democrat
2011 Representative 154 Democrat
2012 Representative 154 Democrat
Counties Montgomery, Philadelphia

Biography

02/21/1936 - 12/17/2018


Montgomery County (1993-2002), Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties (2003-2012)

CURRY, Lawrence H., a Representative from Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties; born on February 21, 1936; graduated, Jenkintown High School, 1952; B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1957; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1958; associate professor of American Civilization, University of the Arts, Philadelphia; adjunct professor, Acadia University, Montgomery County Community College, and Rutgers-Camden University; guest lecturer, Philadelphia Community College and Camden Community College; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1993 term; served 9 more consecutive terms; appointed, Task Force on Higher Education Funding (1994); appointed, Select Committee on Public Education Funding (2001-2002); appointed, co-chair, Select Committee Investigating the Integration of Human Rights Standards in Pennsylvania Laws and Policies (2002, 2004); not a candidate for reelection to the House (2012); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (2004); died, December 17, 2018 in Pennsylvania; interred, George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

 

Archival Collections


Papers of Lawrence H. Curry, 1993-2012, (2017.003), Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.

Papers of Lawrence H. Curry, 1993-2012, (2013.011), Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg. 

 

Oral History

Rep. Lawrence H. Curry Oral History, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives (October 15, 2012)


 


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