| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 3 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Nicholas Murray Butler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1862 |
| Year, Death: | 1947 |
| Profession: | Professor of Philosophy. President of Columbia University. President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1931 |
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| Motivation: | Butler advocated peace, international cooperation and arbitration. He supported the Briand-Kellogg Pact, and he promoted international understanding. Butler also assisted in the establishment of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, of which he was a trustee and later president (1925-45). |
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Nominator 1:
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| Name: | Elihu Root |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1845 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1912 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominator 2:
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| Name: | James Brown Scott |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1866 |
| Year, Death: | 1943 |
| Profession: | Member of the Institute of International Law |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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