Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1931
Number:4 - 1
 
Nominee:
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:
Name:J J McSwain
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)