In 1928, Charles Curtis – a Native American legislator and member of the Kav Nation – was elected Vice President to President Herbert Hoover.
He spent most of his childhood with his maternal grandparents on Kav Kav Reserve in Council Grove, Kansas. Curtis too Before learning English, Kansa spoke the Zion language of the great plains.
While Curtis hoped to live on a reservation with his grandmother, he encouraged the young teenager to return to Topeka to further his education.
Back in Topeka, Curtis became an attorney and later turned his attention to politics. In 1892, Curtis was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he served in the House and Senate. As a senator, he was a Republican whip, Woodrow Wilson to the U.S. The League of Nations was instrumental in helping to prevent them from joining the Nations. In 1928, he lost the bid for the presidency to Herbert Hoover, who tapped him as his running mate.
During the tenure of the Congress, Curtis became known for sponsoring “laws and other purposes for the protection of the people of Indian territory”, also known as the Curtis Act of 1898, which did little to protect Indian soil.
U.S. According to the Senate, some Indian tribal governments and the Land Act were broken in the wake of the federal treaty allocating federal land, abolishing tribal courts and giving the Home Department control over mineral belts on Indian lands. Website.
Another milestone for people of color
While Curtis made history as the first person of color to become vice president, Harris is breaking his own barriers.
U.S. Women have been fighting for equal rights and representation in American life for centuries. With the election of Harris, a woman has now reached the second highest political position in the country.
“When I’m the first lady of this il phis, I won’t be the last,” she said in Wilmington, Delaware.
“Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a land of possibilities, and regardless of your gender, to the children of our country, our country has given you a clear message: dream with ambition, draw with conviction and see yourself in a child. That said, other people have never seen it before, not only because, but you know we’ll appreciate every way you go.
Correction: The previous version of this story misused the year Charles Curtis fought for the presidency. That was in 1928.
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