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Curtis Noble Douglas (May 28, 1856 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New
York – February 9, 1919) was an American businessman and politician from
New York.
He was the son of John Pettit Douglas and Henrietta
(Hughson) Douglas. He attended Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic
Institute from 1864 to 1870, and John C. Overheisus Classical School
from 1871 to 1873. He graduated B.A. from Rochester University in 1877.
While there, he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (St. Anthony
Hall).
Then he became secretary of his father, an extensive land
owner in Jefferson County, and supervised a variety of business
operations until 1880. He then pursued a teaching and literary career,
becoming headmaster of Betts Academy in Stamford, Connecticut, and then
assistant headmaster of J. H. Massis College Preparatory School in New
York City. In 1882, he established his own college preparatory school
there. In 1886, he married Nancy Sherman Thomson (1867–1927), and they
had three children. Upon his marriage, he abandoned teaching, and
instead engaged with his father-in-law in the lumber business in Albany,
New York.
Douglas was a member of the New York State Assembly
(Albany Co., 4th D.) in 1894. His seat was contested by Republican Amos
J. Ablett, and the Committee on Elections shortly before the end of the
session reported in favor of Ablett, but no action was taken by the
Assembly.
Douglas was a member of the New York State Senate (29th
D.) in 1899 and 1900.
Douglas was appointed on November 6, 1912,
by his brother-in-law, Gov. John Alden Dix, to the Public Service
Commission, and remained in office until March 1914. The office carried
an annual salary of $15,000, one of the highest salaries for State
officers in New York.
He died on February 9, 1919; and was buried
at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands.
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