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Encyclopedia > Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis

In office
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
President Herbert Hoover
Preceded by Charles G. Dawes
Succeeded by John N. Garner

Born January 25, 1860
Topeka, Kansas
Died February 8, 1936
Washington, D.C.
Political party Republican
Spouse Annie Baird Curtis (died on June 29, 1924)

Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860February 8, 1936) was a Representative and a Senator from Kansas as well as the 31st Vice President of the United States. Curtis was of American Indian ancestry. His mother was Kaw. He spent part of his early life on a Kaw reservation, and is the first person with acknowledged non-European ancestry to reach either of the two highest offices in the United States government's executive branch. Of less significant note, Curtis was the last US Vice President or President to wear a beard or mustache—in his case, a mustache—while in office. Cellist Charles Curtis is an internationally renowned performer and composer of a wide variety of music, with particular emphasis on the avant-garde. ... Image File history File links Charles_Curtis. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States. ... John Nance Cactus Jack Garner (November 22, 1868–November 7, 1967) was a Representative from Texas and the thirty-second Vice President of the United States. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Kansas County Shawnee Founded December 5, 1854 Incorporated February 14, 1857 Mayor Bill Bunten (R) Area    - City 147. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) City Council Chairperson: Linda W. Cropp (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... For other uses, see Republican Party (disambiguation) or GOP (disambiguation). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession... An Aani (Atsina) named Assiniboin Boy. ... The Kaw (or Kanza ) are an American Indian people of the central Midwestern United States. ... The Kaw (or Kanza ) are an American Indian people of the central Midwestern United States. ... This article is about the continent. ...


Curtis was born in Topeka, Kansas, attended Topeka High School and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He commenced practice in Topeka and served as prosecuting attorney of Shawnee County, Kansas from 1885 to 1889. He was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 53rd Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses and served in the House from March 4, 1893 until January 28, 1907, when he resigned, having been chosen by the Kansas Legislature to serve in the United States Senate to fill the short unexpired term of Joseph R. Burton, who had likewise resigned. On that same day of January 28, Curtis was simultaneously tapped by Kansas' state lawmakers to the full Senatorial term commencing March 4 of that year and ending March 4, 1913. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-designation in 1912. However, the Kansas Legislature again appointed him for the six-year term commencing March 4, 1915. In 1920, he was elected by Kansas voters (in compliance with the Constitution's recently-ratified 17th Amendment) and again in 1926 and served without interruption from March 4, 1915, until his resignation on March 3, 1929. During his tenure in the Senate, he was President pro tempore of the Senate as well as Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior, of the Committee on Indian Depredations, and of the Committee on Coast Defenses, as well as of the Republican Conference. He was also United States Senate Republican Whip from 1915 to 1924 and Majority Leader from 1925 to 1929. It was during his Senatorial years that he—in concert with fellow Kansan, Representative Daniel Read Anthony, Jr.—offered in their respective bodies during December of 1923 the first rendition of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. 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President Calvin Coolidge, his wife, and Senator Curtis on their way to the Capitol building on Inauguration Day, March 4, 1925.

Curtis resigned from the Senate on March 3, 1929 to assume the office of Vice President, following the landslide 58% - 41% victory achieved as running mate to Republican candidate Herbert Hoover in 1928. The pair were inaugurated on March 4, 1929. He endorsed the five day work week, with no reduction in wages, as a work-sharing solution to unemployment soon after the Great Depression began. (See John Ryan's book Questions of the Day) Following the 57% - 40% landslide defeat of the Hoover-Curtis ticket in 1932, Curtis' term as Vice President ended on March 4, 1933. Download high resolution version (849x618, 40 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... Download high resolution version (849x618, 40 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. ... The United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. ... Inauguration Day is the day on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...


In Washington, D.C., Curtis resumed the practice of law. He died from a heart attack in that city in 1936. His remains were returned to Topeka, Kansas, where he is buried at Topeka Cemetery. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) City Council Chairperson: Linda W. Cropp (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...


The Curtis Act in 1898—passed while he served in the House—expanded the powers of the federal government over American Indian affairs. An Act of Congress in 1902 disbanded the Kaw, the tribe of his mother, as a legal entity and transferred 160 acres (0.6 km²) to the federal government and about 1,625 acres (6.6 km²) of Kaw land to Curtis and his children.


External links

  • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • All American Patriots
  • Curtis, Charles - A biography
  • Charles Curtis' Gravesite
Preceded by
Alfred W. Benson
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Kansas
1907–1913
Succeeded by
William H. Thompson
Preceded by
William P. Frye
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Varying pro tems
Succeeded by
James P. Clarke
Preceded by
Joseph L. Bristow
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Kansas
1915–1929
Succeeded by
Henry J. Allen
Preceded by
J. Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate Majority Whip
1919–1924
Succeeded by
Wesley L. Jones
Preceded by
Charles G. Dawes
Republican Party Vice Presidential candidate
1928 (won), 1932 (lost)
Succeeded by
Frank Knox
Preceded by
Charles G. Dawes
Vice President of the United States
March 4, 1929March 4, 1933
Succeeded by
John Nance Garner

  Results from FactBites:
 
Charles Curtis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (622 words)
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was a Representative and a Senator from Kansas as well as the 31st Vice President of the United States.
Curtis was born in Topeka, Kansas, attended Topeka High School and was admitted to the bar in 1881.
Curtis resigned from the Senate on March 3, 1929 to assume the office of Vice President, following the landslide 58% - 41% victory achieved as running mate to Republican candidate Herbert Hoover in 1928.
White Dove's Native American Indian Site Curtis, Charles (1104 words)
Born in North Topeka, Kansas on January 25, 1860, Charles Curtis is the only person of documentable Indian blood quantum to be elected to the second-highest office of the land.
Utilizing his legal expertise, Curtis turned those forty-acre inheritance into a profitable enterprise, and in later years proudly cited his business acumen as proof that the allotment of Indian reservations was a powerful instrument in the assimilation of Indian people.
Curtis was returned to the Senate by popular vote in 1914, where he served continuously until he became Hubert Hoover's vice president in 1929.
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