Not many people know who Charles Gates Dawes is, but he was born in Marietta, Ohio in August of 1865. He came from a strong-headed family. In 1775, an ancestor of Charles Dawes’, William Dawes, rode with Paul Revere. His father was a Union soldier, Rufus Dawes and his mother was Mary Beman Gates, who studied law. He actually practiced law until 1894 in Nebraska. This was at the beginning of the American Revolution. Dawes completed college and got his Bachelor’s degree from Marietta College, then he attended law school and eventually returned to Marietta and got his Master’s degree. In 1897, Dawes was appointed the comptroller of the currency. Dawes was the thirtieth vice president, under President Coolidge. The two guys did not see eye to
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The Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany had to repay for how it was liable for World War Two. He created what is known as the Dawes Report, which had important information on Germany’s finances and a payment plan to help them repair the country and stabilize the money. This was known as the Dawe’s Plan. He also won the Nobel Peace prize in 1925. The award came from the work of the First Committee of Experts. He actually sent a telegram to the person who accepted the prize for him, Laurits Selmer Swenson. In the telegram, Charles Dawes spoke what he wanted Swenson to say. He said that the award was for the committee and named off those in the committee. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1925/dawes-acceptance.html Dawes actually kept notes while he was in office as Vice President, which began June of 1928. He did note that he didn’t keep any notes for the first three years he was in office. He made sure to note the position as being uninteresting. On page four he made the comment, “The office is largely what the man in it, makes it.” http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018008246;view=1up;seq=15
Charles Dawes participated in writing an article called, “Should Debate in the Senate Be Further Limited?” He wrote the pros and several other senators wrote the cons. Senators from Idaho, Tennessee, and North Carolina were only a few of
The Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany had to repay for how it was liable for World War Two. He created what is known as the Dawes Report, which had important information on Germany’s finances and a payment plan to help them repair the country and stabilize the money. This was known as the Dawe’s Plan. He also won the Nobel Peace prize in 1925. The award came from the work of the First Committee of Experts. He actually sent a telegram to the person who accepted the prize for him, Laurits Selmer Swenson. In the telegram, Charles Dawes spoke what he wanted Swenson to say. He said that the award was for the committee and named off those in the committee. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1925/dawes-acceptance.html Dawes actually kept notes while he was in office as Vice President, which began June of 1928. He did note that he didn’t keep any notes for the first three years he was in office. He made sure to note the position as being uninteresting. On page four he made the comment, “The office is largely what the man in it, makes it.” http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018008246;view=1up;seq=15
Charles Dawes participated in writing an article called, “Should Debate in the Senate Be Further Limited?” He wrote the pros and several other senators wrote the cons. Senators from Idaho, Tennessee, and North Carolina were only a few of