Curtis Earl Boozman Sr. (July 24, 1898 – April 22, 1979) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He served as a Democratic member of the

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. Boozman served in the

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at the

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from 1916. In 1952, Boozman was elected to the

. He left office in 1956, but returned for a second term from 1960 to 1964. He was given the M. C. Gehr Blue Cap Award by the

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. Boozman died in April 1979 at the Natchitoches Parish Hospital in

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, at the age of 80.

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1898 births 1979 deaths Politicians from Natchitoches, Louisiana United States Army soldiers American military personnel of World War I Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians {{Louisiana-politician-stub