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| Name | Elihu Root |
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New York, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 15, 1845
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| Died | February 07, 1937
(91 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Nov 18, 2023 03:31pm |
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| Info | Born in Clinton, New York on February 15, 1845;
Graduated from Hamilton College in 1864 and from New York University Law School in 1867;
Admitted to the bar in 1867 and practiced in New York City;
Married Clara Frances Wales in 1878;
Was United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-1885;
Delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1894;
Secretary of War in the Cabinets of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, 1899-1904;
Member of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903;
Secretary of State in President Roosevelt's Cabinet from July 19, 1905, and served until January 27, 1909;
As Secretary of State, created the American-Canadian International Joint Commission and negotiated arbitration treaties with 24 nations;
U.S. Senator from New York from 1909-1915;
Counsel for the United States in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration in 1910;
Became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration the same year; was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1910-1925;
President of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915;
Chief of a special mission to Russia in 1917;
Member of the committee of jurists which planned the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1920;
Delegate to the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armament, 1921-1922;
Died in New York City on February 7, 1937.
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