History of North Topeka, (Shawnee County) Kansas United States of America

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Biography of Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis, representative, was born at North Topeka, Kan., Jan. 25, 1860; son of O. A. and Ellen (Pappan) Curtis; and grandson of William and Permelia Curtis and of Louis and Julia Pappan. As a boy he was an enthusiastic horseman, his grandfather owning a stable of running horses and he acting as jockey in repeated races from 1869 to 1876. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, and achieved a reputation as a criminal lawyer. He was elected county attorney of Shawnee county in 1884 and was re-elected in 1886. In 1892 he was nominated by the Republicans of the fourth Kansas district as a representative in the 53d congress, in opposition to a candidate of the People's party and the Democrats, which fusion had carried the district at the previous election by a majority of five thousand. He was elected by a vote of nearly 2800 over all the opposition candidates. He was re-elected to the 54th, 55th and 56th congresses, serving, 1893-1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor