Photo of Charles Curtis courtesy of
The Kansas State Historical Society
FIRST Native American
of proveable bloodlines
to be elected to the White House
Vist his graveside memorial
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2895
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(flag of the Vice-President)
Charles Curtis -
31st Vice-President of the United
States
(1929 -
1933)
born Jan. 25,
1860 North Topeka, Kansas
died Feb. 8, 1936 Washington D.C.
First Native American Kansan to serve in U.S.
Senate
(Has record of being
member of most subcommittees at one time)
First to serve as U.S. Republican Senate Majority
Leader
(By The Way - Bob
Dole was the second one)
First Republican Floor Leader for U.S. Senate
First (traceable & proveable) Native American as Vice-President.
Only
Native American Kansan as Vice-President or President.
(Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison,
Texas) 
First Vice-President from West of the Mississippi
First Vice-President to take vice-presidential oath with a Bible.
First Vice-President to light Whitehouse Christmas tree,
1932
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"I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws' to respect its flag; and defend it against all enemies."
--- William Tyler Page (1917)
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1) 1860 - Born in U.S. Kansas Territory
2) 1865 - Mother died, father deserted him, went to live with his mother's Indian relatives on the Kaw Reservation in Morris county (Council Grove, Kansas)
3) 1868 - Went to Topeka to live with his father's parents
4) 1870 - Attended school, working in livery stable during spare time
5) 1876 - Became a horse jockey on Kansas racetracks, was considered the best jockey of all time
6) 1877 - Was reporter for "North Topeka Times"
7) 1881 - Was admitted to the law bar after studying while a hack driver and later studying in an attorney's office. He worked also as a Notary Public
8) 1884 - Elected Prosecuting Attorney of Shawnee county
9) 1884 - Married Annie Elizabeth Baird (3 children), Permelia, Harry, Leona
10) 1886 - Re-elected to Office of Prosecuting Attorney
11) 1892 - Elected to House of Representatives on the Republican ticket
12) 1903 - Left House of Representatives to run for the Senate but was defeated
13) 1907 - Elected to United States Senate
14) 1912 - Was defeated for re-election
15) 1914 - Returned to United States Senate position by popular election.
16) 1924 - Became 1st Republican Floor Leader of the United States Senate, was presidential hopeful.
17) 1927 - Oct. 27 : became a candidate for the Republican nomination for Vice-President
18) 1928 - Was elected Vice President (President was Herbert Hoover)
19) 1932 - Was nominated for re-election but was defeated in election
20) 1933 - Announced retirement and establishment of residence in Washington D.C.
21) 1936 - Died of heart attack in Washington D.C.; casket was in Topeka Capital Building rotunda lying in state for people to pass by (only person this honor has been given to) buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
22) 1959 - He was inducted into the National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians; Anadarko, Oklahoma (see Legacy link for full story)
1) Revision of congressional rules to eliminate "joker" legislation (see Legacy link for full story)
2) Woman Suffrage Amendment (Kansas women received full voting rights 1912)
3) Soldier's Adjusted Compensation Bill ( for World War I veterans )
4) Anti Child Labor Amendment
5) Bill to give union men the right to trial by jury in contempt cases growing out of the acts committed outside the court's presence
6) Anti narcotic legislation
7) Bill for protection of Native American women (and children of marriage) who marry foreigners (Frenchmen, white Americans)
8) Bill making all Native American Indians citizens of the United States
9) Bill exempting labor unions from Sherman law
10) Parts of the present Tariff Act protecting farm interests
11) Plan to help wheat growers whose crops have failed
12) Hepburn railroad bill eliminating discrimination against farmers
13) Bill providing for purchase of $ 50,000,000 issue of Farm Loan Bonds to enable board to make loans to farmers at low interest rates
14) Conceived law to consolidate all Ports of Entry, saving taxpayers $ 300,000 annually in the collection of customs
15) Proposed amendment to Interstate Commerce Act to help and protect farmers
16) At the time he had more Senate Committee assignments than any Senator has ever before held at one time.---------- Personal Profile on Charles Curtis ----------
This is an overview of Charles Curtis life, along with a little of this web site history of the designer, Please feel free to send any e-mail to me. I would love to hear any feedback! I would appreciate knowing about broken links, what you would like to know about Charles Curtis; I am interested in Charles Curtis memorabilia to collect.
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----------Timelines ---------- Timeline A: The Indians in Kansas, with Charles Curtis.
Timeline B : The timelines of Kansas and the United States, combined with the timelines of Kansa-Osage-Potawatomi Indians and Charles Curtis.Timeline C - Major events and Famous Firsts, with Charles Curtis.
---------- Biography ---------- Biography A : Charles Curtis and his extended family genealogy.
Biography B : Charles Curtis (before going into Politics).
This section was published in the Spring 2000 edition of "The Curtis-Curtiss Chronicles"Politics and Beliefs of Charles Curtis, with a vice-presidential acceptance speech link.
---------- Legacy ---------- Legacy left by Charles Curtis that is still in effect today.
--------- Memorials ---------
Memorials
and donations for memorial of the graves of Charles Curtis and his wife, Annie Elizabeth Baird. See here for pictures of grave, home on DAR historical register, efforts for stamp campaign to get Charles Curtis on a stamp.
Topeka Cemetery Where Charles Curtis and his wife Annie Ekizabeth Baird are buried
Curtis Family Cemetery Private Curtis Family Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas (no, Charles Curtis IS NOT buried there)
Signature
Bldg. New Kansas State Office Building named for Charles
Curtis
---------- Resources
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Resources and recommended books for reading.
"Whispers Like Thunder" - http://www.morofilms.com/index_sub_whispers.html
Charles
Curtis: Doing it his way -
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/032303/our_curtis.shtml
Chief Flying Hawk's Tales - http://community-2.webtv.net/Wimz/CHIEFFLYINGHAWKS/
Patriot Guard Riders - http://www.patriotguard.org/ ( member )
Topeka PC Users Club http://www.topekapcusersclub.org ( member )
North Topeka On the Move Association http://www.notoma.org/ ( member )
NOTOMA North Topeka Historical Quarterly - Past, Present and Future
PO Box 8264 Garfield Gazette
Topeka, Kansas 66608 1409 NE Quincy
Topeka, Kansas 66608-1230
Topeka Genealogical Society, Inc. http://www.tgstopeka.org/ ( member )
P. O. Box 4048
Topeka, KS 66604-0048Kansas Historical Society http://www.kshs.org/index.htm ( member )
6425 SW 6th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66615-1099Shawnee County Sheriff http://www.ShawneeSheriff.org
Kaw Mission http://www.kawmission.org
Council Grove, KansasOther Vice-Presidents - http://www.politicalgraveyard.com
Other Vice-Presidents - http://www.vicepresidents.com
Other Curtis Families - http://www.curtis-curtiss.com
"Presidents" BEFORE George Washington http://www.marshallahll.org/hanson/html
Current Congress - http://thomas.loc.gov
Current Whitehouse - http://www.whitehouse.gov
Haskell Indian Nations University - http://www.haskell.edu
Kansas .... At Home on the Range -http://www2.kansas.mcpherson.com/~kansas/default.html
Kansas Aviation - http://www.wingsoverkansas.com
Kansas Commerce http://www.accessKansas.com
The Official Web Page for the State of KansasKaw Nation of Oklahoma - http://www.rootsweb.com/~itkaw/KanzaNation.html
Kansas Tornado Chasers http://www.tornadochaser.com
Kaw Nation - http://www.kawnation.com/
Osage Nation - http://www.osagetribe.com
