Nobel Peace Laureate Project

Honoring and Inspiring Peacemakers

American Nobel Peace Prize Winners

1906 — Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States

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Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States successfully mediated the negotiations that led to the signing of the…

1912 — Elihu Root, Diplomat and former U. S. Secretary of State

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Root tried hard to increase understanding between the United States and Latin America. He was one of the founders of…

1919 — Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States

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President Wilson proposed the 14 Points Peace Plan that led to the World War I armistice. The plan included the…

1925 — Charles Dawes, Banker and later Vice-President of the United States

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The award was shared with J. Austen Chamberlain of the United Kingdom. Dawes developed and negotiated what was known as…

1929 — Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State

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Kellogg helped negotiate the Kellogg-Briand Pact that outlawed war. It was signed by over fifty nations.  “Competition in armament, both…

1931 — Jane Addams, social worker

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Addams was President of the International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom.  She was expelled from the Daughters of the…

1931 — Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University

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Butler was the head of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It was Butler who proposed to Frank Kellogg the…

1945 — Cordell Hull, Secretary of State

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Advocate of freer international trade by means of reducing trade restrictions. Hull worked for Reciprocal Trade Agreements which he believed…

1946 — Emily Balch, Peace Activist

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Balch helped found the International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom and was active in international relief efforts and on…

1946 — John Mott, Peace Activist

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In both World Wars, Mott sought to improve conditions in Prisoner of War camps. General Secretary of the YMCA International…

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