Dewey, Charles Schuveldt, 1880-1980

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Dates:
Birth 1880-11-10
Death 1980-12-27

Biographical notes:

Banker, public official, and U.S. representative from Illinois.

From the description of Charles Schuveldt Dewey papers, 1927-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80026481

American banker; United States assistant secretary of the treasury, 1924-1927; financial adviser to Poland, 1927-1931; United States representative from Illinois, 1941-1945.

From the description of Charles Schuveldt Dewey papers, 1897-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871888

Biographical Note

1880, Nov. 10 Born, Cadiz, Ohio 1904 Ph.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1905 Married Suzette de Marigny Hall (died 1957) 1905 1917 Engaged in real estate business with his father, Chicago, Ill. 1917 1919 Served in United States Navy 1920 1924 Vice president, Northern Trust Company, Chicago, Ill. 1924 1927 Assistant secretary of the treasury, in charge of fiscal affairs 1926 1927 National treasurer, American Red Cross 1927 1930 Financial advisor, Poland Director, Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland); honorary director for life 1931 1941 Banker, Chicago, Ill. 1941 Moved to Washington, D.C. 1941 1945 United States Representative from Illinois 1945 1948 Vice president, Chase National Bank 1948 1952 Agent general, Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation, monitoring the Marshall Plan circa 1956 1959 President, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. 1957 1961 Chairman, District of Columbia Chapter, American Red Cross 1959 Married Elizabeth Zolnay Smith (died 1977) 1980, Dec. 27 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Charles Schuveldt Dewey Papers, 1924-1933, (bulk 1927-1930), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Agriculture
  • Banks and banking
  • Banks and banking
  • Budget
  • Constitutions
  • Cooperative societies
  • Customs administration
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Families
  • Finance, Public
  • Finance, Public
  • Finance, Public
  • Industries
  • Land reform
  • Legislators
  • Monopolies
  • Politicians
  • Railroads
  • Social security
  • Tariff
  • Taxation
  • Transportation
  • Trusts, Industrial
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Women
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Bankers
  • Public officials
  • Public officials
  • Representatives, U.S. Congress
  • Statesmen

Places:

  • Danzig (Germany) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
  • Gdańsk (Poland) (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Pomerelia (Poland) (as recorded)

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