Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Company
Dawes organises a Chicago gas utility while expanding his banking and business interests.
Role range: 1865-1951
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Charles Gates Dawes Biography and Timeline
Follow Charles Gates Dawes through 54 dated historical records for United States of America.
Charles Gates Dawes, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1894
1896
McKinley Campaign
Manages William McKinley's Illinois campaign during the presidential election.
Role range: 1896-1896
1898
Comptroller of Currency
Appointed Comptroller of the Currency by President McKinley.
Role range: 1897-1901 – 1898-1901
Banking Regulation
Reforms national banking administration while serving as Comptroller of the Currency.
Role range: 1897-1901 – 1898-1901
1901
Resignation of Charles Gates Dawes
Leaves the Comptroller's office and returns to banking.
Role range: 1901-1905 – 1898-1901
1902
Senate Campaign
Runs unsuccessfully for the United States Senate from Illinois.
Role range: 1902-1902
1915
Melody in A Major
Composes a melody later adapted into the popular song It's All in the Game.
Role range: 1865-1951
1917
Brigadier General
Appointed brigadier general and serves with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
Role range: 1917-1919
American Expeditionary Forces
Serves in France as a senior procurement and supply officer for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
Supply Procurement
Works on supply procurement for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
Army Commission
Receives an Army commission after the United States enters World War I.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
1918
General Purchasing Board
Serves as chairman of the General Purchasing Board for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
Military Supplies
Helps coordinate Allied purchasing and supply arrangements in France.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
1919
Army Resignation
Resigns from the Army after wartime service in France.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
Liquidation Commission
Serves on the War Department Liquidation Commission after the armistice.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1919
1921
Budget and Accounting Act
Takes charge after the Budget and Accounting Act creates the Bureau of the Budget.
Role range: 1921-1922
Bureau of Budget
Appointed first Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget.
Role range: 1921-1922
Director
Begins organizing the new Bureau of the Budget under President Harding.
Role range: 1921-1922
Federal Economy
Presses departments to reduce spending and follow central budget discipline.
Role range: 1921-1922
Hell and Maria
Gains publicity for blunt testimony about wartime spending investigations.
Role range: 1921-1922
1922
Budget Reform
Leaves the Budget Bureau after establishing strict early budget procedures.
Role range: 1921-1922
1923
Dawes Committee
Begins work with international experts on the German reparations problem.
Role range: 1923-1924
Dawes Committee
Leads the reparations expert committee that prepares the Dawes Plan; he does not become Vice President until 1925.
Role range: 1923-1924
Reparation Commission
Chosen to chair the committee reviewing German reparations after European deadlock.
Role range: 1923-1924
Reparations
Appointed to chair the expert committee studying German reparations; the later Dawes Plan is submitted in 1924.
Role range: 1923-1924
1924
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Committee proposes a reparations plan to stabilize German payments after World War I.
Role range: 1923-1924
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan provides for annual German reparations; Dawes later shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.
Role range: 1923-1924
Economy of Germany
Submits the committee report on German reparations and financial stabilization.
Role range: 1923-1924
Foreign Loans
The Dawes Plan supports foreign lending to stabilize the German economy.
Role range: 1923-1924
Reichsbank Reform
The Dawes Plan recommends changes to stabilize German finance and support reparations.
Role range: 1923-1924
Reparations Schedule
The Dawes Plan reduces annual German payments at first and lets them rise over time.
Role range: 1923-1924
Republican Convention
Nominated as Calvin Coolidge's Republican running mate.
Role range: 1924-1924
Election
Elected Vice President on the Republican ticket with Calvin Coolidge.
Role range: 1924-1924
Allied Reparations Committee
The expert committee investigates how to collect German reparations debt after World War I.
Role range: 1923-1924
Dawes Committee
Dawes works with American and European experts on a plan for German reparations.
Role range: 1923-1924
1925
Inaugural Address
Uses his vice-presidential inaugural speech to attack Senate procedural obstruction.
Role range: 1925-1929
Senate Presidency
Begins presiding over the United States Senate as Vice President.
Role range: 1925-1929
Vice President
Sworn in as Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge.
Role range: 1925-1929
Nobel Peace Prize
Shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on German reparations.
Role range: 1925-1925
Nobel Prize
Shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Dawes Plan.
Role range: 1925-1929
Records, sources and methodology
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