Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1941
Number:3 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Cordell Hull
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1871
Year, Death:1955
Profession:Secretary of State (1933-44).
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1945
 
Motivation:Hull was nominated for his efforts to improve relations between the USA and Latin America. He encouraged détente and a spirit of peace on the American continent through his Pan-American policy, the so-called "Good Neighbor Policy". Hull also made efforts to establish a liberal economic policy and to remove international trade restrictions.
 
Nominator 1:
Name:Michael Doyle
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:Green Heywood Hackworth
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 3:
Name:Manley Ottmer Hudson
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1886
Year, Death:1960
Profession:Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 4:
Name:Henry Stimson
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: The nomination was made for the 1940 peace prize, but because of the war it did not reach the Nobel Committee until after the deadline. It was therefore transferred to 1941.