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'''Charles Curtis''' '''(1860 - 1936)''' was Vice President under [[Herbert Hoover]] from 1929 to 1933.  He served in  
 
'''Charles Curtis''' '''(1860 - 1936)''' was Vice President under [[Herbert Hoover]] from 1929 to 1933.  He served in  
both houses of Congress, as a [[United States Representative]] from [[Kansas]] (1893-1907) and a Senator for that from (1907-1913) and again from (1915-1929), when he was sworn in as Vice President.   
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both houses of Congress, as a [[United States Representative]] from [[Kansas]] (1893-1907) and a Senator for that from (1907-1913) and again from (1915-1929), when he was sworn in as Vice President<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008]</ref>.   
    
He served as [[Republican]] [[Majority Leader]] in the [[Senate]] from (1925-1929).  In 1911, after the passing of [[Senator William P. Frye]] (R-ME), who had been the [[President pro tempore]] at a time when that office was filled by election, the Senate could not agree on a replacement.  As such, Curtis was one of five officers designated to fill this position throughout the remainder of the [[62nd Congress]].  In practice, he served only 8 days, from December 4 - December 12, 1911.
 
He served as [[Republican]] [[Majority Leader]] in the [[Senate]] from (1925-1929).  In 1911, after the passing of [[Senator William P. Frye]] (R-ME), who had been the [[President pro tempore]] at a time when that office was filled by election, the Senate could not agree on a replacement.  As such, Curtis was one of five officers designated to fill this position throughout the remainder of the [[62nd Congress]].  In practice, he served only 8 days, from December 4 - December 12, 1911.
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