Charles S. Dewey
American politician
Died when: 100 years 47 days (1201 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Charles Schuveldt Dewey (November 10, 1880 – December 27, 1980) was a banker and politician from Illinois.The cousin of George Dewey, Charles S.Dewey entered the real estate business in Chicago, Illinois in 1905.
He served in the United States Navy during World War I.In 1920, he began a career in banking as vice president of the Northern Trust Company of Chicago.
Four years later, Andrew W.Mellon appointed Dewey an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.A committee led by Dewey standardized the portraits and dimensions of American currency; the dimensions are still in use today.
Dewey resigned from the Treasury in 1927 to take a role as a financial adviser to the Polish government.Returning to Chicago in 1931 to join the Colgate-Palmolive Peet Company, Dewey remained in the city after the company moved to New York City.
Overseeing the Milwaukee Avenue Bank, Dewey ran for election to the United States House of Representatives in 1938.Although defeated, Dewey managed to be elected in the two subsequent elections to Illinois's 9th congressional district.
After another defeat in 1944, Dewey took a position as vice president with Chase National Bank.In 1948, Dewey served on a Marshall Plan committee.
He retired from public life in the 1950s and oversaw the early stages of the Washington Hospital Center merger.
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