Elihu Root Negotiated Some 40 International Arbitration Treaties
Elihu Root (1845-1937) was awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in negotiating some 40 reciprocal international arbitration treaties and in promoting international cooperation. Root was a prototype for the twentieth-century “wise man” – enormously successful as a private attorney, he also accepted appointments from Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Wilson. He is little remembered, though he had considerable influence in his own time. In addition to serving as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Senator from New York, and delegate to the Washington Naval Conference, he was also the first president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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