| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1909 |
| Number: | 19 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Elihu Root |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1845 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | Secretary of War (1899-1904). Secretary of State (1905-1909) |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1912 |
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| Motivation: | Root was co-founder and president of "American Society of International law" (1906). Root persuaded Latin-American states to participate at the Second Hague Peace Conference (1907), and he also concluded treaties of arbitration with more than 20 nations. |
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Nominator 1:
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| Name: | Oscar S Straus |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominator 2:
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| Name: | George Gray |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
The nominators enclosed a detailed account of Root's career written by Andrew Carnegie, and also letters from Lord Weardale (Philip Stanhope)and Baron D'Estournelles de Constant. |
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