no, not Kamala Harris.
Charles Curtis.
Curtis was Vice President from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He was a Kansan who was 3/8 Native American from a variety of tribes in the Kansas region. His first words were in Kansa and French, not English. While his mother, from whom his native ancestry derived, died when he was extremely young, he was raised in my of his early youth by his grandparents on his mother's side. He lived on the Kaw Reservation in this period, was an excellent horseman, and was known as "Indian Charlie."
He graduated from high school in Topeka and then read law, making him an example of a successful lawyer who had never been to university. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1893 and served there until 1907 when he entered the Senate. After serving as Vice President, he resumed the practice law and died at age 76 in 1936.
Somebody worth remembering.
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