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1894 CHARLES CURTIS US Senate Handwritten Letter VP Hoover Native American FDR

$ 92.39

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Offered is a fantastic 1894 very early career handwritten letter signed by future Vice President to Herbert Hoover, Charles Curtis.
He served as the 31st Vice President
of the US
from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Kaw Nation
born in the Kansas Territory
, Curtis was the first person with significant Native
American
ancestry and the first person with acknowledged non-European ancestry to reach either of the highest offices in the federal executive branch
. He is the highest-ranking enrolled Native American ever to serve in the federal government. He is the most recent Executive Branch officer to have been born in a territory rather than a state. Measures 6.25 x 7.5". Has small amounts of glue residue on back corners.
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