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U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President (1929-1933) |
 | | Just as he had worked closely with Tom Reed in the House, Curtis became a chief lieutenant for Senator Aldrich. |
 | | Then in his last years in the Senate, and having outlasted his most powerful allies, Aldrich came to rely on a group of younger, high-tariff colleagues, including Curtis, W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts, Eugene Hale of Maine, and Reed Smoot of Utah. |
 | | In 1909, Curtis played an influential role in the passage of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which raised rates so high that it helped split the Republican party into warring conservative and progressive factions. |
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