Word: curtise
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Out of the Senate rules Charles Gates Dawes fabricated a slapstick issue to keep himself politically alive and ended up by being a real backstage power in shaping legislation. The nearest Vice President Curtis ever came to influencing public affairs was when his vote broke a tie on tariff flexibility...
As a Senator, Charles Curtis was always "one of the boys." Nothing pleased him more than to take $2 from wealthy Senator Couzens in a game of draw poker. As Republican floor leader for five years his only speech was: "I move that the Senate do now adjourn." But the...
"Being Vice President sort of ruined Charlie Curtis. It used to be just 'Charlie.' I knew him well, played poker with him. Then he became Vice President. He decided he shouldn't be just 'Charlie.' 'Call me Mr. Vice President,' he finally commanded...
The President of the U. S. never dines out privately in Washington. That is the Vice President's job. Mr. Curtis, with Dolly Gann on his arm, has performed this social duty with obvious relish. On an average of five nights a week during the season they are to...
Such is the job John Nance Garner is giving up to succeed Charles Curtis. Members of the House of course think that while he is stepping up to the Vice-Presidency, he will really be stepping down from the Speakership.