Charles Gates
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Charles Gates may refer to:
- Charles Gates, Jr.Charles Gates, Jr.Charles Cassius Gates, Jr. was a businessman and philanthropist. His father, Charles Gates Sr., bought Colorado Tire & Leather for $3,500 in 1911. The company was renamed The Gates Rubber Company in 1919. It became world's largest non-tire rubber manufacturer. Charles Gates Jr. took over in 1961,...
(1921-2005), businessman and philanthropist - Charles Gilbert GatesCharles Gilbert GatesCharles Gilbert Gates of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who had owned the first home in the United States where air conditioning was installed in 1914. He was the son of John Warne Gates, also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates.-Biography:...
, owner of the first air conditioned home - Charles W. GatesCharles W. GatesCharles Winslow Gates was an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont from 1915 to 1917.-Sources:*...
, governor of Vermont from 1915 to 1917