Kenneth M. Curtis

Kenneth M. Curtis
United States Ambassador to Canada
In office
October 5, 1979 – January 20, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byThomas O. Enders
Succeeded byPaul H. Robinson Jr.
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
In office
January 21, 1977 – January 27, 1978
Preceded byRobert S. Strauss
Succeeded byJohn C. White
68th Governor of Maine
In office
January 5, 1967 – January 2, 1975
Preceded byJohn H. Reed
Succeeded byJames B. Longley
Secretary of State of Maine
In office
1965–1966
GovernorJohn H. Reed
Preceded byPaul A. MacDonald
Succeeded byJoseph T. Edgar
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Merwin Curtis

(1931-02-08) February 8, 1931 (age 93)
Leeds, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePauline "Polly" Curtis
ChildrenSusan L. Curtis
Angela Curtis Hall
EducationCony High School
Maine Maritime Academy (BS)
University of Maine School of Law (LLB)
Bates College (LLD)

Kenneth Merwin Curtis (born February 8, 1931) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat from Maine. He was the Secretary of State of Maine from 1965 to 1966, the Governor of Maine from 1967 to 1975, and the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1979 to 1981. Curtis is a member of the Democratic Party and is currently Of Counsel at the Curtis Thaxter law firm in Portland, Maine, which he founded in 1975.