Charles Curtis of Kansas became the first Native American to
be elected to the United States Senate on January 23, 1907.

His tenure later as Herbert Hoover’s vice president (below) 
made him the highest-ranking Native American ever to serve
in the federal government.

SANDY KOZEL

John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)

Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)

Johnson was sworn into office following the November
1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

President Lyndon Johnson launched an ambitious slate of
progressive reforms aimed at creating a “Great Society”
for all Americans. Many of the programs he championed—
Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil
Rights Act—had a profound and lasting impact on health,
education and civil rights.

President Lyndon B Johnson Lifts his Beagle by the Ears. The
incident, called canine cruelty by some, occurred in 1964. 

1967

(FOX NEWS) – Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of
Canadian-American rock group The Band, died in his sleep
this morning. He was 87.

His death was confirmed Tuesday by The Canadian Press,
which cited Hudson’s friend, Jan Haust. Additional details
were not immediately available. Hudson had been living in
a nursing home in Woodstock, upstate New York.

Garth Hudson made his most recent public appearance on
April 16, 2023, performing in Kingston, New York.