Charles Curtis

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Vice President of the United States human lawyer politician

Charles Curtis was an American politician and member of the Kaw Nation who served as the 31st vice president of the United States and was the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vice President of the United States → human → lawyer → politician →
birthDate	1860-01-25 →
birthPlace	Topeka, Kansas →
burialPlace	Topeka Cemetery →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1936-02-08 →
deathPlace	Washington, D.C. →
diedInCentury	20th century →
ethnicGroup	Kaw Nation → Native Americans → surface form: "Native American"
familyName	Curtis →
gender	male →
givenName	Charles →
heritage	European American descent (partial) → Kaw → Osage descent (partial) →
memberOf	Kaw Nation → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
name	Charles Curtis →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	first person of significant Native American ancestry to serve as Vice President of the United States → first person with acknowledged Native American ancestry to reach one of the highest offices in the U.S. federal government →
occupation	attorney → politician →
officeNumber	31st Vice President of the United States →
otherName	Indian Charley →
placeOfActivity	Kansas → Washington, D.C. →
politicalParty	Republican Party →
positionHeld	Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas → President pro tempore of the United States Senate → United States Senator from Kansas → Vice President of the United States →
precededInOfficeBy	Charles G. Dawes →
religion	Methodist churches → surface form: "Methodism"
servedInOfficeFrom	1929 →
servedInOfficeUntil	1933 →
servedUnder	Herbert Hoover →
spouse	Annie Elizabeth Baird →
stateRepresented	Kansas →
succeededInOfficeBy	John Nance Garner →
vicePresidentOf	United States of America →
wasBornInCentury	19th century →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Topeka Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Charles Curtis →

Charles Curtis → name → Charles Curtis →

John Nance Garner → precededAsVicePresidentBy → Charles Curtis →

1928 United States presidential election → republicanRunningMate → Charles Curtis →

1932 United States presidential election → runningMateOfLoser → Charles Curtis →

Annie Elizabeth Baird → spouse → Charles Curtis →

Herbert Hoover → vicePresident → Charles Curtis →

Herbert Hoover administration → vicePresident → Charles Curtis →

1928 United States presidential election → vicePresidentElect → Charles Curtis →