Elihu Root

Prize: Nobel Peace Prize — 1912

for bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries

position held: United States Secretary of War

start time: 8/1/1899
end time: 1/31/1904

United States senator

start time: 3/4/1909
end time: 3/4/1911

United States senator

start time: 3/4/1911
end time: 3/4/1913

United States Secretary of State

start time: 7/19/1905
end time: 1/27/1909

United States senator

end time: 3/4/1915
start time: 3/4/1913

senator
member of: American Philosophical Society

start time: 1906

Institut de Droit International

start time: 1912

Phi Beta Kappa Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Letters
educated at: New York University School of Law
Williston Northampton School
Columbia University
Hamilton College
field of work: politics
diplomacy
law
occupation: politician
diplomat
jurist
lawyer
work location: Washington, D.C.

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