Edward L. Curtis

Edward L. Curtis (April 21, 1858 — January 9, 1890) was an American statesman, lawyer, pioneer, and frontiersman who served as Idaho's territorial secretary from 1883 to 1884.

Background and education Curtis was born to Edward J. Curtis and his wife, Susan L. Frost, on April 21, 1858, in Weaverville, California; he spent the majority of his early childhood there, in addition to San Francisco. Later, at just 14 years old, in 1873, he was appointed as Private Secretary to the territorial governor at the time, Thomas W. Bennett, and continued in this role during the Legislature's seventh and eighth sessions.