James W. Dawes
James William Dawes (January 8, 1844– October 8, 1918) was a Republican Nebraska politician best known as the fifth Governor of Nebraska. He was born in McConnelsville, Ohio. He was also a delegate to the state constitutional convention and a member of state senate in 1877. Dawes County, Nebraska is named in his honor. He also served on the Doane College board of trustees for 37 years. Dawes was a great-grandson of William Dawes, a first cousin of Rufus R. Dawes, and a first cousin once removed of Charles G. Dawes. James Dawes married his cousin, Francis Anna Dawes, in 1871. She died in 1909. Dawes died in 1918 at the age of 74, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
Between 1885 and 1890 his portrait was painted in Omaha by artist Herbert A. Collins.[2]
References
- "The Political Graveyard". Dawes, James William. Retrieved January 3, 2006.
Reference list
- ^ Gov. James W. Dawes papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ 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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