Career
After relocating to Crete, Nebraska, Dawes worked in the mercantile business and opened a law practice. He was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1875 and a member of Nebraska State Senate in 1877. Dawes was a chairman of the Republican State Central Committee from 1876 to 1882.
Dawes was elected Governor of Nebraska in 1882, and was reelected to a second term in 1884. He later served as paymaster for the United States Army, working in Cuba and the Philippines.
Dawes served on the Doane College board of trustees for thirty-seven years.
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