Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1926
Number:7 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Charles Gates Dawes
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1865
Year, Death:1951
Profession:Jurist.. Vice president (1925-1929).
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1925
 
Motivation:Dawes was author of the "Dawes Plan" to manage German reparations payments after World War I. The Dawes Plan provided for a reorganization of German finances with the assistance of loans from U.S. investors, and it was drafted by the Allied Reparation Commission led by Charles G. Dawes.
 
Nominator:
Name:Oscar S Straus
Gender:M
Profession:Former ambassador. Member of the International Court of Arbitration.
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: Dawes and Chamberlain shared the reserved prize for 1925.