Curtis was the first man of color — a Kaw Native American — to be vice president of the United States, from 1929-1933. There was no other multiracial individual in the office until Kamala Harris about ...

Charles is a writer for For The Win. He once dropped an easy foul ball at Shea Stadium and was booed by 35,000 angry Mets fans (and hasn't recovered from it).

3. A Vice Presidential First Charles Curtis with a group of Native Americans 1928, Library of Congress Born in 1860, Charles Curtis, served under Herbert Hoover, and was the first vice president ...

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