| Julius Bolivar Curtis | |
| Office: | Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District |
| Term Start: | 1858 |
| Term End: | 1859 |
| Predecessor: | James H. Hoyt |
| Successor: | Matthew F. Merritt |
| Term Start2: | 1860 |
| Term End2: | 1861 |
| Predecessor2: | Matthew F. Merritt |
| Successor2: | A. Homer Byington |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1825[1] [2] [3] |
| Birth Place: | Newtown, Connecticut[4] |
| Death Place: | Stamford, Connecticut |
| Restingplace: | Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut (418-29) |
| Alma Mater: | Newtown Academy, New York State and National Law School |
| Party: | Free Soil Party American Party Republican |
| Occupation: | lawyer, judge |
| Spouse: | Mary A. Acker (m. 1860), Alice Kneeland Grain (m. May 11, 1886) |
| Children: | Sarah L. Curtis Mackey, Louis Julius Curtis |
Julius Bolivar Curtis (December 10, 1825 – June 10, 1907) was a lawyer and judge in Fairfield County, Connecticut, practicing for over fifty years.[1] He was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1858 to 1859 and from 1860 to 1861.
He was born in Newtown, Connecticut on December 10, 1825,[2] the son of Nichols and Ann Bennitt Curtis.[3] He attended Newtown Academy, and the New York State and National Law School at Ballston Spa, New York.[2] He was admitted to the bar on December 27, 1850.[3] [4] He began practicing law in Greenwich in 1851.[2] [3]
He was elected a Burgess of the Borough of Greenwich from 1855 to 1865, and served as Borough Attorney during the same period.[3] During the American Civil War, he served on the Military Committee of the town of Greenwich.[3]
He moved to Stamford in 1864.[3] He was elected Judge of the Probate Court in 1867 for the district of Stamford, holding the post through 1870.[2] [3] [4] He was judge of the Borough Court of Stamford from 1887 to 1893.[2] [3]
He was elected to the Connecticut Senate from Stamford. In this capacity, he was an ex officio member of the Corporation of Yale College.[2] [3]
Curtis had been a Republican since the organization of the party in Connecticut. However, he had previously sympathized with the Free Soil Party and the American Party.[3]
He was a member of the General Council of the American Bar Association beginning in 1889, and from 1885 to 1889 served as one of its Vice-Presidents.[3] He served as a director of the Stamford Street Railroad Company beginning in 1887.[3]
Curtis married his first wife, Mary Acker on October 30, 1854.[3] She died on February 23, 1884.[3] They had two children: Louis J. Curtis and Sarah L. Mackey.[3] His second wife was Alice Kneeland Grain.[3] They married on May 11, 1886.[3]
From 1896 to 1905, he was president of the Fairfield Bar Association.[2] [3]
He died in Stamford on June 10, 1907, of "old age."[1]