James William Dawes
5th Governor of Nebraska
In office
January 4, 1883 – January 6, 1887
LieutenantAlfred W. Agee (1883–1885)
Hibbard H. Shedd (1885–1887)
Preceded byAlbinus Nance
Succeeded byJohn M. Thayer
Member of the Nebraska Senate
In office
1877
Personal details
Born(1845-01-08)January 8, 1845
McConnelsville, Ohio
DiedOctober 8, 1918(1918-10-08) (aged 73)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseFrancis Anna Dawes

James William Dawes (January 8, 1845 – October 8, 1918) was a Republican state politician. He served as the fifth governor of Nebraska from 1883 to 1887.

He was born in McConnelsville, Ohio. He was the great-grandson of William Dawes, a first cousin of Rufus R. Dawes, and a first cousin once removed of Charles G. Dawes.

Dawes attended Western Reserve Academy in Ohio and The Milwaukee Business College. He studied law in his cousin's law firm and was admitted to the bar in 1871.[1] Dawes married his cousin, Francis Anna Dawes, in 1871. She died in 1909.

Career

After relocating to Crete, Nebraska, Dawes worked in the mercantile business and opened a law practice.[2] He was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1875 and a member of Nebraska State Senate in 1877.[3] Dawes was a chairman of the Republican State Central Committee from 1876 to 1882.

Dawes was elected Governor of Nebraska in 1882, and was reelected to a second term in 1884.[4] He later served as paymaster for the United States Army, working in Cuba and the Philippines.[5]

Dawes served on the Doane College board of trustees for thirty-seven years.

Death

Dawes died on October 8, 1918, at the age of seventy-three, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[6] He is interred at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[7]

Legacy

Dawes County, Nebraska was named in Dawes' honor.[8][9]

Between 1885 and 1890, Dawes' portrait was painted in Omaha by artist Herbert A. Collins.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "James W. Dawes". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  2. ^ James W. Dawes. The Encyclopedia of Nebraska. January 1999. ISBN 9780403098347. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "James W. Dawes". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "Who were the former Governors of Nebraska?". Nebraska Access. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Nebraska Governor James William Dawes". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Gov. James W. Dawes papers[usurped] at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  7. ^ "James W. Dawes". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  8. ^ "Profile for Dawes County, Nebraska, NE". ePodunk. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  9. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 101.
  10. ^ Biography of Herbert Alexander Collins, by Alfred W. Collins, February 1975, 4 pages typed, in the possession of Collins' great-great grand-daughter, D. Dahl of Tacoma, WA

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