[2] In 1831, he began a long career in the newspaper business when he started working in Boston as an apprentice printer.

[1] Abernethy's views that politics should be kept out of the Spectator led Curry to resign from the paper after only a year and a half.

[2] At the second session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature held from 1850 to 1851, he worked as the chief clerk of the lower chamber House of Representatives.

[1] U.S. President Franklin Pierce then officially appointed Curry to the position, which he held until Oregon Statehood in 1859.

As a prominent local man, Curry was received much more favorably by the population whereas most of his predecessors were seen as outsiders from the East Coast.

During the Yakima War in 1855, Governor Curry raised a force of 2,500 volunteers and led them into battle in support of federal troops.

[6] George Law Curry died on July 28, 1878, at the age of 58 and was buried at Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland.