Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1930
Number:5 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Samuel Colcord
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1849
Year, Death:1938
Profession:Lawyer and realtor.
City:Chicago
State:IL
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Colcord actively promoted US membership in the League of Nations and the International Court of Arbitration. He also furthered American participation in drafting the Briand-Kellogg Pact.
 
Nominator:
Name:Henry J. Allen
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate)
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: The nomination was made on behalf of several other persons entitled to nominate candidates, including John Barrett, Charles E. Carpenter, Wilbur and Roosevelt. The nomination was also signed by S.P. Duggan, Professor of Political Science, College of New York City. The letter was also signed by a number of persons not entitled to nominate candidates. The nominators had formed a committee, chaired by R.W. van Demark (not entitled to nominate), in favour of this candidacy, "R.W. van Demark and Associates in the Nomination of Samuel Colcord for the Nobel Peace Prize".