Grand Old Partisan salutes Curtis Guild, born in Boston, February 2nd 1860. Theodore Roosevelt was a friend ever since Harvard. He published a commercial newspaper while serving in the militia.
During war against Spain, Colonel Guild deployed to Cuba. He was state representative and delegate at the 1896 Republican National Convention.
Guild won the lieutenant governorship in 1902, then the governorship in 1905. Successes of his three-year administration included enhancing labor and health conditions. Notably, he appointed immigrants to the bench. President Taft later named him ambassador to Russia.
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