| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Number: | 10 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Salmon Oliver Levinson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1865 |
| Year, Death: | 1941 |
| Profession: | Lawyer and peace activist |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Levinson originated and publicized the "outlawry of war" movement in the United States, and in 1918 he argued that violence committed by nation-states ought to be declared illegal. He assisted in drafting the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. It condemned war as a tool of national diplomacy.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Irving Fisher |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Political Economy |
| University: | Yale University |
| City: | New Haven |
| State: | CT |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
The Nobel Committee received several nominations in favour of Levinson from persons not entitled to nominate. |
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