Editing Charles G. Dawes (section)

== Early business career ==
[[File:Dawes 1.JPG|thumb|From 1909 to 1951, Charles G. Dawes lived in this [[Charles G. Dawes House|house]] at 225 Greenwood St. in [[Evanston, Illinois]], which was built in 1894 by Robert Sheppard. The house is a [[National Historic Landmark]].]]
Dawes was admitted to the bar in [[Nebraska]], and he practiced in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], from 1887 to 1894.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dunlap|first=Annette B.|title=Charles Gates Dawes: a Life|pages=20–38}}</ref> When Lieutenant [[John Pershing]], the future army general, was military instructor at the [[University of Nebraska]] he and Dawes met and formed a lifelong friendship.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dunlap|first=Annette B.|title=Charles Gates Dawes: a Life|pages=24–25}}</ref> Pershing also received a law degree at Nebraska and proposed leaving the army to go into private practice with Dawes, who cautioned him against giving up the regular army pay for the uncertainty of legal remuneration.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smythe|first=Donald|title=Guerrilla Warrior: The Early Life of John J. Pershing|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=1973|page=34}}</ref> Dawes also met [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Congressman [[William Jennings Bryan]]. The two became friends despite their disagreement over [[free silver]] policies.<ref name="dawesvp1"/>

Dawes relocated from Lincoln to [[Chicago]] during the [[Panic of 1893]].<ref name="dawesvp1">{{cite web|title=Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President (1925–1929)|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Charles_Dawes.htm|website=US Senate|access-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106112435/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Charles_Dawes.htm|archive-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> In 1894, Dawes acquired interests in several Midwestern gas plants. He became the president of both the La Crosse Gas Light Company in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]], and the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Company in [[Evanston, Illinois]].<ref name="Davis">{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Henry Blaine Jr.|title=Generals in Khaki|date=1998|publisher=Pentland Press, Inc.|location=Raleigh, NC|isbn=1571970886|page=103}}</ref>