On November 8, Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first person of Native American ancestry to be elected to Congress. Curtis will serve in the House of Representatives until 1906 when he is elected to the Senate where he will serve until 1929. On November 7, 1928, Curtis is elected Vice President of the U.S., when his running mate, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover is elected President.
On November 8, People's (Populist) Party candidate James B. Weaver (Iowa) wins twenty-two electoral votes but former President Grover Cleveland (Democrat) defeats both Weaver and Republican President Benjamin Harrison to win the presidency. Cleveland thus serves as both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President.
