- Vice President of the USA, 4 March 1925 - 3 March 1929 (under Calvin Coolidge).
- Recipient of 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Admitted (1886) to the bar, Dawes practiced law in Lincoln, Nebr., until 1894.
- He was a member of the Republican executive committee in William McKinley's presidential campaign (1896) and served (1897-1901) as comptroller of the Treasury.
- Herbert Hoover appointed him ambassador to London in 1929.
- His many books include "Notes as Vice President" (1935), "A Journal of Reparations" (1939), and "Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain" (1939).
- In 1923-1924 he was head of the reparations committee that advanced the Dawes Plan as a means of stabilizing postwar German finances.
- So far, he is the only Vice-President to have cowritten a #1 song on Billboard's charts in the Rock-n-Roll era. The song was "All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards. Dawes had composed a piece of music in the early 20th century, which was found and had lyrics added. Dawes unfortunately, didn't live to see himself on the pop charts.
- Chief of Supply Procurement for the American Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- Acquired his nickname "Hell and Maria" following colorful testimony before a Congressional committee in February 1921.
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