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Charles Gates Dawes
Birth: Aug. 27, 1865
Death: Apr. 23, 1951
Evanston
Illinois

Politician. From 1924 to 1932, Charles Dawes devoted his entire attention to public service. The son of a Civil War Veteran, Genral Rufus R. Dawes (1838-1899) and a New England resident, Mary Gates Dawes (1843-1921), he served as Republican Vice-President of The United States under President Calvin Coolidge from 1925 to 1929. In 1924 he had arranged a plan for Germany to pay for damages it caused in World War I - referred to as The Dawes Plan. For this he became a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1925. The prize that year was shared with Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937). From June of 1929 to January of 1932, Dawes was the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain. In 1930 he was a Delegate to the London Naval Conference. In 1932 he accepted the Chairmanship of the American Delegation to the Disarmament Conference in Geneva, but resigned to accept the Chairmanship of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a governmental agency empowered to lend money to banks, railroads, and other businesses in an effort to prevent total economic collapse during the depression. In 1932 Dawes returned to the banking business and served as Chairman of the Board of the City National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago, Ill., until his death. He published several books taken directly from his personal journals, taught himself to play the piano and the flute and he composed music. He generously supported the Chicago Grand Opera.  (bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson) 
 
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 Parents:
  Rufus R. Dawes (1838 - 1899)
  Mary Dawes (1842 - 1921)
 
 Spouse:
  Caro Dana Blymyer Dawes (1866 - 1957)

 
Cause of death: Coronary Thrombosis
 
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Burial:
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 102
 
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Vice President of the United States, 1925-1929; Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1929-1931.
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