when charles curtis was first elected, native americans did not have the right to vote. the significance of his election cannot be overstated. again, it is the sheer force of his personality that makes th

when charles curtis was first elected, native americans did not have the right to vote. the significance of his election cannot be overstated. again, it is the sheer force of his personality that makes that happen. his ability to get along with everybody. announcer: we close out the cities tour with conversation about william allen white, who worked to push the ku klux klan out of kansas in the early 20th century. what we havesen: here is not one collection, but i've is from a lot of different collections we have, but they all concerned that fight in kansas in the 1920's against the ku klux klan. kansas is the only state in the united states that managed to kkk fromoust the operating in the state of kansas, and these are items that illustrate different parts of a legal case against the klan. we had a picture of governor allen. andas a newspaper man, newspaper men were very powerful people. they often also moved into political office. they allen on one of biggest newspapers in the state, and he was by traded journalists, but in 1960 you ran for governor of kansas. 1916, h

kind of looking at these famous names that have come from kansas, i mean from vice president charles curtis to bob dole, kansas has been really involved in national politics. are there any other kansas politicians who have influenced you or your political ideals? governor brownback: a lot have. frank carlson is a name that has not come up much, u.s. senator, congressman from kansas. he was eisenhower's guy in the senate. he was close to eisenhower. they were from, oh, about 40 miles apart from each other's where they live. eisenhower out of abilene, frank carlson from concordia, kansas. he has helped shape me a lot. was just ause he a lot oftical man with depth of character and faith. he did things for love of country. bob dole has been a big influence, is a close friend. he still regularly calls, you know, every couple of weeks, and just chats, wants to know what is going on. and bob is 91, 92 now. but great mind. helped me in my reelect a lot. and i think just the nature of eisenhower, who represents that quintessential kansas nature, is a guy that when faced with a big task, he does not

whensn't really until 2009 -- 2009 with charles curtis's grave when we were out in kansas, that i decided that i might as well start doing all the vice president's. i already have a lot of because there is a bit of overlap. that has followed your website and done the same thing -- do you know anybody that has followed your website and tried to do the same thing? kurt: there are quite a few people who go to the presidential burial sites. probably fewer ubuntu presidents and vice present -- fewer who go to residence and vice presidents. i have had people who have contacted me who say they are doing the same thing. there are a couple people who are actually younger than i am who have not contacted me saying, i am doing that to. someone recently contacted me saying he has been to all of the s.esident brian: there is a young lady, about five years old, and her name is mason hensley. she appeared several times on the ellen degeneres show because she has a big interest in presidents. there is a video clip of this five-year-old in may of this year at the ronald reagan library. ♪ one? this marine