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Charles F. Curry

19th SECRETARY OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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Curry engaged in agricultural pursuits and the cattle, lumber and mining businesses. He served as a member of the State Assembly in 1887 and 1888. He became admitted to the bar of San Francisco in 1888 and was then the superintendent of Station B post office, San Francisco, from 1890 to 1894. After that Curry served as clerk of San Francisco city and county between 1894 and 1898. He was the Secretary of State of California from 1899 to 1910. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1910. The following year, he was appointed Building and Loan Commissioner of California. In the same year, he served as the representative to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition for the Pacific Coast and Intermountain States.

Curry was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress. He served eight consecutive terms from March 4, 1913 until his death in Washington, D.C., October 10, 1930 at which point his son won his seat as a write-in candidate. During his tenure as a Congressman, he served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses).

In 1921, Curry had a new elementary school named in his honor in Vallejo, California. Charles F. Curry school was located at 321 Wallace Avenue, and was in operation from 1921 until 1973. The grounds also housed Carol Vista, a school for handicapped and special needs students.

Linking People with Government

THE SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE OF 1902

The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer for the State of California and helps to guarantee citizens direct access to the state's political process.

The Secretary of State oversees state elections, the keystone of the public's participation in the political process. He or she files the campaign statements of all candidates, directs and verifies ballot counts, and administers voter registration.

In addition to this important role, the Secretary of State has numerous other responsibilities. A bill becomes law only after the Secretary verifies the bill's content, assigns it a chapter number, and stamps it with the Great Seal of the State of California. The Secretary also oversees the standardizations of weights and measures, receives and catalogs all legislative records, files articles of incorporation for new state corporations, and registers trademarks.

Since statehood, the Secretary of State has been an elected official and part of the executive branch of state government, but his or her responsibilities have changed over the years. Until 1889, the Secretary was charged with protecting and preserving all government documents as well as the state's historical artifacts, including the 1849 and 1879 State Constitutions. By that time, the task of organizing, cataloging, preserving, and storing the state's growing archives had become unmanageable. In 1889, J.D. Gilchrist was appointed the first Keeper of the Archives, working under the Secretary of State William C. Hendricks.

The invention of the automobile temporarily brought another responsibility within the Secretary of State's sphere. From 1905 to 1913, the Secretary issued driver's licenses and vehicle registrations. As the number of cars grew and this task became unwieldy, the Department of Motor Vehicles was created.

Although responsibilities have changed over the years, the Secretary's role as overseer of elections has remained constant. Are you registered to vote? If not, go to the Secretary of State's website.

Part of the office of the Secretary of State occupied this room until 1975. It has been restored to show how it might have appeared in 1902, when Charles F. Curry was Secretary of State. His staff of 22 included a deputy, a statistician, recording clerks, a bookkeeper, an archivist, porters, watchmen, an engineer, a fireman, and an elevator attendant. The size and diversity of his staff hints at the multitude of tasks that came under the Secretary's responsibility at the time.

Trademarks

The Secretary of State’s’ office oversaw the licensing and registration of all trademarks of companies doing business in the state – including such California companies as Levi Strauss, Ghirardelli Chocolates, Shilling Spices and Folgers Coffee.

Political Posters

In the past, the political party that won an election could then reward its supporters with government positions. It could then attempt to maintain its hold on power by displaying election posters – in support of its own candidates – within government offices. Secretary of State Charles Curry was one such office holder who did so.

Ballot Box

One of the Secretary of State’s primary responsibilities is to oversee election returns. Early ballot boxes like this one helped to prevent voting fraud and “ballot stuffing.”

Diebold Safe

Securing important documents was part of any office’s daily operations. Diebold Safe and Lock Company provided the locking mechanism for this 1889 safe. Originally founded in 1859, the Canton, Ohio, company now makes automated teller machines (ATMs).

Mimeograph Machine

Before the introduction of the photocopier, mimeograph machines served as an efficient means of quickly and cheaply making multiple copies of forms and documents. This rotary machine was originally patented by the Neostyle Sales Agency in 1902.

Red Tape

Red cloth tape was used to bundle documents together much as modern day file folders do now. “Cutting through red tape,” a phrase still used today, originated in this practice of removing red cloth tape on every bundle of documents.

Diebold Safe