CURTIS, CHARLES (186o-1936), American politician, was born in North Topeka, Kan., on Jan. 25, 186o. He received a common school education, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881, began practice in Topeka, and in 1884-88 served as county attorney. Entering politics, he was elected in Republican representative in Congress, and was re-elected con tinuously until 1907, when he was chosen United States Senator, serving until 1913. He was again elected senator for the terms 1915-21, 1921-27 and 1927-33. At the Republican national convention in 1928 he was nominated for the vice-presidency. In the ensuing campaign he spoke in the interest of the Hoover Curtis ticket in many of the middle-western and eastern states. On November 6, 1928 he, with Herbert Hoover, was elected by the overwhelming majority of 444 to 87 electoral votes, but four years later he was defeated even more decisively.