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Charles CurtisBorn: 25-Jan-1860
Birthplace: Topeka, KS
Died: 8-Feb-1936
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Vice President, 1929-33

About 50% American Indian, great-great-great-grandson of Osage chief "White Hair" Pawhuska.

Father: Orren Arms Curtis (deserted family, Civil War veteran, 15th Kansas Calvary Company F)
Mother: Ellen Pappan (d. 1863)
Wife: Annie Elizabeth Baird (m. 1884, d. 29-Jun-1924)
Daughter: Permelia
Son: Harry
Daughter: Leona
Sister: Dolly Gann (half sister)

    US Vice President 4-Mar-1929 to 3-Mar-1933 under Herbert Hoover
    US Senator, Kansas 4-Mar-1915 to 3-Mar-1929 (resigned)
    US Senator, Kansas 29-Jan-1907 to 3-Mar-1913
    US Congressman, Kansas 1st, 1899 to 28-Jan-1907
    US Congressman, Kansas 4th, 4-Mar-1893 to 1899


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