Charles G. Dawes

Charles G. Dawes is the kind of figure I love stumbling onto, because he packed several lives into one. Vice president under Coolidge, Nobel Peace Prize winner for the Dawes Plan on World War I reparations, and somehow also a pianist whose melody later became a popular song. That last detail charms me most. A politician and diplomat who could actually compose feels rare, then and now. The 1925 peace prize tells me his work on Europe's debt mess genuinely mattered, not just as policy but as an attempt to steady a fragile postwar order. He strikes me as a serious man with an unexpectedly creative streak.

Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) 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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Name (English)

Charles G. Dawes

Name (Japanese)

チャールズ・ドーズ

Reading

ちゃーるず・どーず

Born

August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Marietta, Ohio, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

politician / diplomat / pianist / writer / economist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Marietta College

Awards & achievements

• 1925 Nobel Peace Prize

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

Tags

• Ohio
• politician
• diplomat
• pianist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.