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Elihu Root ( / ˈɛlɪhjuː ˈruːt /; 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 under Roosevelt.
Elihu Root (born Feb. 15, 1845, Clinton, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 7, 1937, New York, N.Y.) was an American lawyer and statesman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912. Root received his law degree from New York University in 1867 and became a leading corporation lawyer.
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Elihu Root was an American lawyer, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He served as secretary of war and secretary of state under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, and advocated for international arbitration and the League of Nations.
Elihu Root was a US lawyer, diplomat and Senator who initiated arbitration agreements between the US and other countries. He also helped to establish the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague after World War I.
Learn about Elihu Root, a lawyer and Republican politician who served as Secretary of State from 1905 to 1909. He was a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his work on international arbitration and a reformer of the State Department.
Elihu Root was a US lawyer, diplomat and Senator who advocated for arbitration to resolve conflicts between states. He helped to expand US influence in the Pacific and Latin America, and later founded the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1912 was awarded to Elihu Root "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" Elihu Root received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1913.
