Charles Curtis
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About
Politician who served as the 31st Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He was the first person with any Native American ancestry to serve either of the highest offices in the federal executive branch. He served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. He resumed his legal career after he left office.
Before Fame
He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and began his law practice in Topeka.
Trivia
He and Hoover won a landslide victory when they ran on the same presidential ticket in 1928. When they ran together again in 1932, they lost to Democrats Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner. He was a widower when he was elected vice president and his sister acted as his official hostess for social events.
Family Life
His mother, Ellen Papin, had Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi and French heritage. She died when he was three years old. He lived with his maternal grandparents on the Kaw reservation. He and his wife, Annie Elizabeth Baird, had three children.
Associated With
He was the only multiracial person to serve as Vice President of the United States until the inauguration of Kamala Harris.
