William Curtis "Curt" Whitson (1840 – December 24, 1875) was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1870 to 1875.
At the age of ten, he moved to Polk County, Oregon, where he married Roxy Anna Moore in 1864; they lived in Dallas and would have two children.
[1][2][3][4][5] On July 13, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant nominated Whitson to be Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court, and he was confirmed by the senate later that day.
[6] As Whitson's four-year term was drawing to a close, Grant renominated him to the same position on June 8, 1874, and he was confirmed by the senate eleven days later.
He was en route to Boise, accompanied by his successor on the supreme court, Henry E. Prickett, having travelled to New York City to seek remedies to his ailments.