Born on January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas Territory, a year before Kansas was admitted as a state, Charles Curtis had three-eighths Native American ancestry and five-eighths European American … 查看更多內容

First elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 53rd Congress, Curtis was re-elected for the following six terms. Naturally … 查看更多內容

Curtis received 64 votes on the presidential ballot at the 1928 Republican National Convention in Kansas City out of 1,084 total. The winning candidate, Herbert Hoover, secured 837 votes and had been the favorite for the nomination since August 1927, … 查看更多內容

• He was the only United States vice-president to inaugurate the Olympic games
• He was featured on the cover of Time magazine on December 20, 1926 and June 18, 1928, while serving as US Senator from Kansas. Full-length articles discussed his … 查看更多內容

On November 27, 1884, Curtis married Annie Elizabeth Baird (1860–1924). They had three children: Permelia Jeannette Curtis … 查看更多內容

Curtis resigned from the House after he had been elected by the Kansas Legislature to the US Senate seat that was left vacant by the resignation of Joseph R. Burton. … 查看更多內容

Curtis decided to stay in Washington, DC, to resume his legal career, as he had a wide network of professional contacts from his long career in Congress and the executive branch. He participated in one of the earliest known triathlons in the city. He died there from a 查看更多內容