The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1938
Number:	9-1
Nominee:
Name:	William Ferris
Gender:	M
City:	Cork
Country:	IE (IRELAND)
Motivation:	Ferris was nominated for his brochure "The Democratic Constitution", in which he outlined an electoral system which guaranteed unanimity in choice of every spokesman or representative. This would secure perfect harmony in the counsels of all assemblies, local, national, and international.
Nominator:
Name:	Jed. O'Sullivan
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Irish parliament
Country:	IE (IRELAND)
Evaluation:	No
Comment:	The nomination was made by two members of the Irish national assembly, but the other name was illegible.