Editing Charles G. Dawes (section)

=== Nomination of Charles B. Warren ===
On March 10, the Senate debated the president's nomination of [[Charles B. Warren]] to be [[United States Attorney General]]. In the wake of the [[Teapot Dome scandal]] and other scandals, Democrats and Progressive Republicans objected to the nomination because of Warren's close association with the [[American Sugar Refining Company|Sugar Trust]]. At midday, six speakers were scheduled to address Warren's nomination. Desiring to take a break for a nap, Dawes consulted the majority and minority leaders, who assured him that no vote would be taken that afternoon. After Dawes left the Senate, all but one of the scheduled speakers decided against making formal remarks, and a vote was taken. When it became apparent that the vote would be tied, Republican leaders hastily called Dawes at the Willard Hotel, and he immediately left for the Capitol. The first vote was 40-40, a tie which Dawes could have broken in Warren's favor. While waiting for Dawes to arrive, the only Democratic senator who had voted for Warren switched his vote. The nomination then failed 41-39—the first such rejection of a president's nominee in nearly 60 years.<ref name="Hatfield"/> This incident was chronicled in a derisive poem, based on the Longfellow poem "[[Paul Revere's Ride]]"; it began with the line, "Come gather round children and hold your applause for the afternoon ride of Charlie Dawes." The choice of poem was based on Charles Dawes being descended from [[William Dawes]], who rode with Paul Revere.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Dawes and Coolidge became alienated from one another. Dawes declined to attend Cabinet meetings and annoyed Coolidge with his attack on the Senate [[filibuster in the United States Senate|filibuster]]. Dawes championed the [[McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill]], which sought to alleviate the [[1920s farm crisis]] by having the government buy surplus farm produce and sell that surplus in foreign markets. Dawes helped ensure the passage of the bill through Congress, but President Coolidge vetoed it.<ref name="dawesvp1"/>

In 1927, Coolidge announced that he would not seek re-election. Dawes again favored Frank Lowden at the [[1928 Republican National Convention]], but the convention chose [[Herbert Hoover]].<ref name="dawesvp1"/> Rumors circulated about Dawes being chosen as Hoover's running mate. Coolidge made it known that he would consider the renomination of Dawes as vice president to be an insult. [[Charles Curtis]] of Kansas, known for his skills in collaboration, was chosen as Hoover's running mate.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Mencken | first = Henry Louis | author-link1 = H. L. Mencken |author2=George Jean Nathan  | author-link2 = George Jean Nathan | title = The American Mercury | year = 1929 | page = 404 }}</ref>