Charles G. Dawes

Birth Name: Charles Gates Dawes

Date of Birth: August 27, 1865

Place of Birth: Marietta, Ohio, U.S.

Date of Death: April 23, 1951

Place of Death: Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

Ethnicity: English, as well as remote Welsh

Charles G. Dawes was an American diplomat, politician, attorney, and banker. A Republican, he served as Vice President of the United States, from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1929. He was elected to the position in 1924. He was also Comptroller of the Currency, from January 1, 1898 to September 30, 1901, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, from June 23, 1921 to June 30, 1922, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, from June 15, 1929 to December 30, 1931. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1925, for his Dawes Plan of WWI reparations for Germany, which he created on the Allied Reparations Commission. He had been a gas plant executive and campaign manager, and later created the Central Trust Company of Illinois, was chairman of the general purchasing board for the American Expeditionary Forces, and led the government’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the Great Depression. He was a general during WWI.

Vice President Dawes was the son of Mary Beman (Gates) and Rufus R. Dawes, a Union Army general and politician, who had commanded the 6th Wisconsin Regiment of the Iron Brigade during the American Civil War, and fought in the Battle of Gerrysburg. He became a Brevet Brigadier General after the war, and was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. His parents were both of Colonial American descent, with deep roots in New England. His uncle was Ephraim C. Dawes, who was a major in the 53rd Ohio Infantry and brevet lieutenant-colonel, United States Volunteers. His siblings were oil and banking businessperson Rufus C. Dawes; Republican Party politician and oil executive Beman Gates Dawes, who was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1909; and businessperson and banker Henry M. Dawes, who was also Comptroller of the Currency, from May 1, 1923 to December 17, 1924.

Vice President Dawes’ great-great-grandfather, William Dawes, was one of the seven men, the “midnight riders,” who in April 1775 alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars; along Paul Revere.

He was married to Caro Dawes (born Caro Dana Blymyer), until his death, with whom he had four children, two of whom were adopted.

Vice President Dawes’ paternal grandfather was Henry Dawes (the son of William Mears Dawes and Abigail Kendall “Nabby” Holden). Henry was born in Thomaston, Knox, Maine. William was born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, the son of William Dawes, Jr. and Mehitable May. Abigail was born in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jonas Holden, Jr. and Molly Thompson.

Vice President Dawes’ paternal grandmother was Sarah Cutler (the daughter of Ephraim Cutler and Sally Parker). Sarah was born in Constitution, Washington, Ohio. Ephraim was born in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, the son of Manassah Cutler and Mary Balch. Sally was born in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, the daughter of William Parker and Mary Warner.

Vice President Dawes’ maternal grandfather was Beman Gates (the son of Aaron Gates, Jr. and Ruth Beman). Aaron was born in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, the son of Aaron Gates, who fought in the Revolutionary War, and of Elizabeth Johnson. Ruth was born in East Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Daniel Beman and Abigail Ackley.

Vice President Dawes’ maternal grandmother was Betsey Sibyl Shipman (the daughter of Charles Shipman and Joanna Herrick Bartlett). Betsey was born in Athens, Athens Co., Ohio. Charles was born in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, the son of Joshua Shipman and Sibyl Chapman. Joanna was the daughter of Henry Bartlett and Betsey Corey.

Sources: Genealogies of Charles G. Dawes – https://famouskin.com
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