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Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis-portrait.jpg
31st Vice President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
President Herbert Hoover
Preceded by Charles G. Dawes
Succeeded by John Nance Garner
Senate Majority Leader
In office
March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
Deputy Wesley Jones
Preceded by Henry Cabot Lodge
Succeeded by James Watson
Senate Majority Whip
In office
March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1925
Leader Henry Cabot Lodge
Preceded by James Wadsworth
Succeeded by Wesley Jones
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
December 4, 1911 – December 12, 1911
Preceded by Augustus Bacon
Succeeded by Augustus Bacon
United States Senator
from Kansas
In office
March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1929
Preceded by Joseph L. Bristow
Succeeded by Henry Allen
In office
January 29, 1907 – March 4, 1913
Preceded by Alfred W. Benson
Succeeded by William Thompson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1899 – January 28, 1907
Preceded by Case Broderick
Succeeded by Daniel Anthony
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899
Preceded by John G. Otis
Succeeded by James Miller
Personal details
Born (1860-01-25)January 25, 1860
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Died February 8, 1936(1936-02-08) (aged 76)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Annie Baird (1860–1924)
Children 3
Signature Cursive signature in ink

Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and politician, elected as the 31st Vice President of the United States (1929–33) with President Herbert Hoover.

After serving as a United States Representative and being repeatedly re-elected as United States Senator from Kansas, Curtis was chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues. Born in Kansas Territory to a mother of the Kaw Nation, Curtis was the first person with significant Native American ancestry and the first person with acknowledged non-European ancestry to reach either of the highest offices in the United States government's executive branch. He is notable also as an Executive Branch officer born in a territory rather than a state.

As an attorney, Curtis entered political life at the age of 32. He won multiple terms from his district in Topeka, Kansas, beginning in 1892 as a Republican to the US House of Representatives. He was elected to the US Senate first by the Kansas Legislature in 1906, and then by popular vote in 1914, 1920 and 1926. Curtis served one six-year term from 1907 to 1913, and then most of three terms from 1915 to 1929 (after his election as vice president). His long popularity and connections in Kansas and national politics helped make Curtis a strong leader in the senate; he marshaled support to be elected as Senate Minority Whip from 1915 to 1925 and then as Senate Majority Leader from 1925 to 1929. In these positions, he was instrumental in managing legislation and accomplishing Republican national goals.

Curtis ran for Vice President with Herbert Hoover as President in 1928. They won a landslide victory. When they ran together again in 1932, because Hoover had failed to alleviate the Great Depression, the public elected Democrats Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner.


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