Elihu Root lived from 1845 to 1937 and was an American lawyer, Republican politician and statesman often described as a prototype of the twentieth century political wise man who advised presidents on foreign and domestic matters. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1899 to 1904 under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, modernizing the Army and establishing the Army War College, then as United States Secretary of State from 1905 to 1909 under Roosevelt, and later as United States Senator from New York from 1909 to 1915. Root pioneered American practice in international law and received the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting international arbitration and peaceful dispute resolution. He was educated at Hamilton College and New York University School of Law.
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Why was Elihu Root awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
He won the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize for improving understanding between North and South America and for initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries.
Elihu Root received the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to him in 1913, for his work on arbitration and on relations between the United States and other countries. The Nobel Foundation states its motivation as bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries. As Secretary of State he arranged peace conferences to ease Latin American fears of an imperialistic United States. The Nobel Foundation also notes that he held to the aim that conflicts between states must be resolved by arbitration, that he became the first president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and that after the First World War he took part in developing the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague.
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In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law.
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Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845 - February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State, also under Roosevelt. In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law. Root is sometimes considered the prototype of the 20th-century political "wise man", advising presidents on a range of foreign and domestic issues.
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Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845 - February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State, also under Roosevelt.
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In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law.
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P569 (date of birth): 1845
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P569 (date of birth): 1845-02-15
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P570 (date of death): 1937
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P570 (date of death): 1937-02-07
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P19 (place of birth): Clinton
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P20 (place of death): New York City
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