Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1908
Number:5 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Richard Bartholdt
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1855
Year, Death:1932
Profession:Member of Congress. Newspaper editor and advocate of international 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: 125 members of US Congress
Profession:Members of Congress
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: Bartholdt was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.