Died 1951-04-23.
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Charles G. Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, and a member of the Republican Party.
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culture · Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929 · politician · diplomat · pianist · writer · economist · banker · songwriter · composer · lawyer · journalist · also Charles G. Dawes, Charles Dawes, Charles Gates Dawes, Chas. G. Dawes, C. G. Dawes, Dawes
Born 27 August 1865 · Died 23 April 1951 · Q184565
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1951· 3 entries
At his Evanston home from coronary thrombosis at the age of 85
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Carl Sigman added lyrics to Melody in A Major, transforming it into the song "It's All in the Game"
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1944· 1 entry
Bequeathed his lakeshore home in Evanston to Northwestern University for the Evanston Historical Society (later renamed the Evanston History Center)
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1936· 1 entry
Republican congressional leaders informally approached Dawes about the possibility of heading up their presidential ticket at that year's presidential election, hoping for a candidate associated with the prosperous Cooli
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1932· 2 entries
Dawes and associates formed the City National Bank and Trust Co
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To return to banking, and died in 1951 of coronary thrombosis
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1929· 3 entries
President Herbert Hoover appointed Dawes to be the ambassador to the United Kingdom
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1929–1931).
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The Reparations Commission under Owen Young replaced the plan with the more permanent Young Plan, which reduced the total amount of reparations and called for the removal of occupying forces from the Rhineland
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1927· 1 entry
Coolidge announced that he would not seek re-election
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1925· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1925).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1925–1929).
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For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, and a member of the Republican Party
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Dawes was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on WWI reparations
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1924· 1 entry
With more popular votes than the candidates of the Democratic and Progressive parties combined
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1921· 3 entries
It was arranged for a small orchestra by Adolf G
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By President Harding as its first director
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Career landmark: Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1921–1922).
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1919· 1 entry
And became a member of the American Legion
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1912· 1 entry
Dawes's 21-year-old son Rufus drowned in Geneva Lake, while on summer break from Princeton University
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1902· 1 entry
Following this unsuccessful attempt at legislative office, Dawes declared that he was done with politics
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1894· 1 entry
Dawes acquired interests in several Midwestern gas plants
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1865· 2 entries
The son of Civil War General Rufus Dawes and his wife Mary Beman Gates
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Born 1865-08-27.
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