born Aug. 27, 1865, Marietta, Ohio, U.S.
died April 23, 1951, Evanston, Ill.
U.S. politician.
He practiced law in Nebraska before being appointed U.S. comptroller of the currency (1897–1902). In World War I he headed supply procurement for the American Expeditionary Force in France. In 1923 he chaired the Allied Reparations Commission and arranged the Dawes Plan . He served as vice president (1925–29) under Calvin Coolidge . He shared the 1925 Nobel Prize for Peace with Sir Austen Chamberlain .