Green Haywood Hackworth was an American jurist who lived from 23 January 1883 to 24 June 1973, born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky and educated at Valparaiso University, the University of Kentucky and George Washington University. He served as Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State from 1931 to 1946, the longest tenure in that office, working closely with Secretary of State Cordell Hull and representing the United States at the 1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference that helped design the postwar United Nations system. He became the first American judge on the International Court of Justice when it was established in 1946, serving until 1961, and was elected the Court's President from 1955 to 1958.
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Did Green Hackworth ever preside over the International Court of Justice?
Yes. He was a judge from 1946 to 1961 and President of the Court from 1955 to 1958.
Yes. The International Court of Justice lists Green H. Hackworth of the United States of America as a judge of the Court from 1946 to 1961 and as its President from 1955 to 1958. The Court's own table of all members records his presidency in a separate column from his service as a judge, so he led the Court for three of his fifteen years on the bench.
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He served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy (1942), as a member of Post War Programs Committee (1944) and as Chairman of the Committee of Jurists that drafted the initial statutes for the International Court of Justice (1945).
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Green Haywood Hackworth (Prestonsburg, Kentucky, January 23, 1883 - Washington, DC, June 24, 1973) was an American jurist who served as the first U.S. judge on the International Court of Justice, as President of the International Court of Justice, as the longest running Legal Adviser to the US Department of State (1925 -1946) and as a member of Secretary of State Cordell Hull's inner circle of advisers.
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He was a U.S. delegate in 1930 to the First Conference for the Codification of International Law, held at the Hague under the auspices of the League of Nations.
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Wikidata Q304214, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1883
Wikidata Q304214, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1883-01-20
Wikidata Q304214, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1973
Wikidata Q304214, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1973-06-24
Wikidata Q304214, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Prestonsburg
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P20 (place of death): Washington, D.C.
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