Which U.S. Vice President composed a No. 1 pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100?

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The correct answer is Charles G. Dawes.

Charles G. Dawes, who served as Vice President under Calvin Coolidge, was a self-taught pianist and composer.¹ In 1911, he composed an instrumental piece titled "Melody in A Major." Decades later, songwriter Carl Sigman added lyrics to the melody, renaming it "It's All in the Game."² In 1958, a rendition of the song by Tommy Edwards reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Dawes the only U.S. vice president to have a song he composed become a chart-topping pop hit.³

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Which U.S. Vice President composed a No. 1 pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100?