Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1931 |
Number: | 4 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Richard Bartholdt |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1855 |
Year, Death: | 1932 |
Profession: | Former member of Congress. Advocate of inter-parliamentary peace work. |
City: | Saint Louis |
State: | MO |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Motivation: | Bartholdt founded the American group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1904. He was president of the Inter-Parliamentary Council and he promoted international law and arbitration. He initiated the second peace conference at The Hague (1907). Bartholdt was considered to be the most significant person in the American peace movement. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | J J McSwain |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of Congress |
City: | Washington, DC |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |