Charles Gates Dawes died at home on the evening of April 23, 1951, steps from this month’s seance location. “He died in his favorite chair in the library,” Juron Pearlman said, ...

Charles Gates Dawes was our 30th vice president, and he lived right here in Illinois. But unless you’re from Evanston, you probably never heard of the guy.

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Charles Gates Dawes wore many hats during his life: U.S. vice president, Nobel Peace Prize winner, lawyer, philanthropist and musician, for starters. But one title might stand out to Evanston ...

The Evanston History Center will be able to hire an architect for the final phase of its Charles Gates Dawes House renovations with a recent $2,500 grant from Landmarks Illinois. The $2,500 grant ...

Out of Boston, starting at scratch with Paul Revere one spring night in 1775, William Dawes did his share in awakening the countryside to the news that the British were coming—although Revere ...

Charles Gates Dawes of Evanston was the first local to win a Nobel Peace Prize. He also served as vice president and wrote a #1 song.

Last fortnight Dawes House, given to the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J., by Vice President Charles Gates Dawes in memory of his son, Rufus, burned to the ground. Fifty boys were driven ...

Cleveland, O., June 12.--Amid a bedlam of shouting and noise that rivaled that of previous years, for the first time since the convention started, General Charles Gates Dawes of Illinois, was ...

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