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<p> <label for="login_destination" style="display:none;">Post-login destination</label> After login, go to:<br /> <select name="destination" size="0" id="login_destination"> <option value="same">This Page</option> <option value="#">- - - - - - - - - - -</option> <option value="home">Home</option> <option value="bookbag">Bookbag</option> <option value="profile">Profile</option> </select> </p> <p> <label for="login_submit" style="display:none;">Login Button</label> <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Log In" id="login_submit" /> </p> <p> <a href="/register">Register</a><br /> <a href="/lostusername">Forgot Username?</a><br /> <a href="/lostpass">Forgot Password?</a> </p> <p> <a href='/users'>Browse Users</a><br /> <a href='/feedback'>Contact us</a><br /> </p> </form> </div> <div class='block_bottom'></div> </div> <div id='block_featured_bookbag' class='block'> <div id="block_header_featured_bookbag" class="block_header"> <div class="block_control"> <a 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Gray at Pawnee Capitol, Pawnee, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/208974" title=""> Arthur Capper, Ben Paulin, Charles Curtis, and Carl R. Gray at Pawnee Capitol, Pawnee, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: August 1, 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_208974"> This photograph shows Senator Arthur Capper, Kansas Governor Ben Paulin, Vice President Charles Curtis, and Carl R. Gray standing from left to right while visiting the Pawnee Capitol in Pawnee, Kansas on August 1, 1928. The men visited the Pawnee Capitol, commonly referred to as the First Territorial Capitol at Fort Riley, when Senator Capper was visiting Kansas. The First Territorial Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/505646"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00939306.jpg" alt="Arthur Capper, United States Senator" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/505646" title=""> Arthur Capper, United States Senator </a> <br /> Creator: Spalton, A.E. <br /> Date: June 01, 1925 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_505646"> This photograph shows United States Senator Arthur Capper with fellow United States Senator from Kansas Charles Curtis to the far left, and Kansas Governor Benjamin Paulen in the middle, at a gathering in Wichita, Kansas. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/293768"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00477304.jpg" alt="Biographical circulars" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/293768" title=""> Biographical circulars </a> <br /> Date: 1890-1899 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_293768"> This collection consists of biographical forms sent by F. G. Adams, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society, to individuals whose names appeared in historically significant materials in the collections of the Kansas Historical Society. The responses are arranged alphabetically by last name. Biographical information may include full name, place and date of birth, place and date of settlement, present residence, place and date of death, official positions, and/or addresses of family members. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/205"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/d00000202.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/205" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: Between 1928 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_205"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, standing on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also serves two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis is elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and is the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/215382"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00135063.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/215382" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_215382"> Charles Curtis in 1928 during his political campaign to become United States Vice President, under soon to be elected, President Herbert Hoover. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508334"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00946267.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508334" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: Between 1928 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508334"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, seated at a desk. As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also serves two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis is elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and is the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/217296"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00151052.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/217296" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_217296"> These three sepia colored photographs show U.S. Senator Charles Curtis campaigning for the vice-presidency of the United States. Curtis and presidential running mate Herbert Clark Hoover, were elected in 1928 by defeating Democratic candidate Al Smith and running mate Joseph Taylor Robinson. The Hoover-Curtis ticket sought re-election in 1932, but the overwhelming economic problems facing the country cost them the election to Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt and his running mate John Nance Garner. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508332"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00946255.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508332" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: Between 1927 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508332"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, seated at a desk. As a Kansas politician he served in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also served two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis was elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and was the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508335"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00946270.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508335" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508335"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis with his arm in a sling at an unidentified location. As a Kansas politician he served in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also served two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis was elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and was the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/217243"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00144750.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/217243" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1929 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_217243"> This black and white photograph shows U.S. Vice-President Charles Curtis casting his ballot during a possible tie breaking vote in the United States Senate. Curtis, the thirty-first vice-president of the United States (1929-1933), was the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512624"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00959403.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis and a group riding in an Observation Automobile" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512624" title=""> Charles Curtis and a group riding in an Observation Automobile </a> <br /> Date: Between 1910 and 1936 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512624"> This is a photograph of Charles Curtis in an Observation Automobile with a number of unidentified people in New York City. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/217294"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00144753.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis and Herbert Clark Hoover" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/217294" title=""> Charles Curtis and Herbert Clark Hoover </a> <br /> Creator: Underwood & Underwood <br /> Date: Between 1928 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_217294"> This black and white photograph shows Charles Curtis and Herbert Clark Hoover. The gentlemen were respectively elected in 1928, as the thirty-first Vice-President and President of the United States. Curtis was the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. The Hoover-Curtis ticket would seek re-election in 1932, but the overwhelming economic problems facing the country cost them the election to Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt and running mate John Nance Garner. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512665"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00959448.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis and his home in Topeka, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512665" title=""> Charles Curtis and his home in Topeka, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: Between 1928 and 1929 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512665"> This is a picture postcard of Charles Curtis sitting at a desk and a photograph of his home in Topeka, Kansas. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512614"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00959385.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis as a youth in "Hiawatha" tableaux" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512614" title=""> Charles Curtis as a youth in "Hiawatha" tableaux </a> <br /> Date: Between 1880 and 1890 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512614"> This is a set of photographs of Charles Curtis and two unidentified young men dressed in traditional Native clothing in the Hiawatha tableaux. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512646"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00959373.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis at Pawnee, Oklahoma, and portrait" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512646" title=""> Charles Curtis at Pawnee, Oklahoma, and portrait </a> <br /> Date: September 29, 1928 - September 29, 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512646"> Three photographs relating to Charles Curtis, thirty-first Vice President of the United States. One photo is a professional portrait of Charles Curtis, while the others relate to Charles Curtis speaking at a celebration in Pawnee, Oklahoma, in September of 1928. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512645"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00959416.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis at the Pawnee Capital Dedication" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512645" title=""> Charles Curtis at the Pawnee Capital Dedication </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512645"> This is a photograph of Charles Curtis and two Native Americans in costume at the dedication of the Pawnee Capital Dedication, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1928. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/315766"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00640735.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/315766" title=""> Charles Curtis at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: 1925 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_315766"> This is a photograph of Charles Curtis and several other people in cap and gown at Washburn College, now known as Washburn University, in Topeka, Kansas. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512643"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00959411.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis Cartoon" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512643" title=""> Charles Curtis Cartoon </a> <br /> Creator: Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512643"> This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Albert T. Reid depicting Charles Curtis in the 1928 presidential race. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473253"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906410.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, 1894" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473253" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, 1894 </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: 1894 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473253"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473254"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906441.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, 1895-1896" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473254" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, 1895-1896 </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: 1895-1896 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473254"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473255"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906716.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, 1897" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473255" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, 1897 </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: 1897 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473255"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473256"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906759.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, 1898-1899" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473256" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, 1898-1899 </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: 1898-1899 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473256"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473252"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906791.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, 1900-1902" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473252" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, 1900-1902 </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: 1900 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473252"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473257"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906814.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, 1923-1928" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473257" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, 1923-1928 </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: 1923-1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473257"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473251"> <img src="https://images.kansasmemory.gov/thumb/00906863.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis correspondence, undated" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473251" title=""> Charles Curtis correspondence, undated </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: Between 1894 and 1910 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473251"> These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. 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