Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 - April 23, 1951) was an American banker, politician, and military general who was the 30th Vice President of the United States (1925-29). For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Dawes served in the First World War, was the Comptroller of the Currency, the first director of the Bureau of the Budget, and, in later life, the Ambassador to the United Kingdom.