What is J. Joseph Curran Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = J. Joseph Curran.jpg | name = J. Joseph Curran Jr. | office = 44th [[Attorney General of Maryland]] | governor =[[William Donald Schaefer]]<br>[[Parris Glendening]]<br>[[Bob Ehrlich]]<br>[[Martin O'Malley]] | term_start = January 21, 1987 | term_end = January 17, 2007 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|7|7}} | birth_place = [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], U.S. | predecessor = [[Stephen H. Sachs]] | successor = [[Doug Gansler|Douglas Gansler]] | order2 = 4th [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland]] | term_start2 = January 19, 1983 | term_end2 = January 21, 1987 | governor2 = [[Harry Hughes]] | predecessor2 = [[Samuel Bogley]] | successor2 = [[Melvin Steinberg]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = Barbara Marie (Atkins) Curran | profession = [[Attorney at law (United States)|Attorney at law]] | website = | footnotes = |allegiance={{flag|United States}} |branch={{air force|United States}} |serviceyears=1951–1955 |battles=[[Korean War]] }} '''J. Joseph Curran Jr.''' (born July 7, 1931) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He is the longest serving elected [[Attorney General of Maryland|Attorney General]] (1987 to 2007) in [[Maryland]] history, and the fourth [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland]] from 1983 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050701182.html|title=Curran To Conclude Generation Of Service|last=John|first=Wagner|date=2006-05-08|publisher=the Washington Post|access-date=2008-05-09}}</ref> His son-in-law, [[Martin O'Malley|Martin J. O'Malley]], served as the 61st [[Governor of Maryland]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curran, J. Joseph Jr.}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Lawyers from Maryland]] [[Category:Politicians from Florida]] [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Maryland]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category: