| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Number: | 15 - 11 |
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Nominee:
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | The Chilean Senate |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Members of the Chilean Senate. |
| City: | Santiago |
| Country: | CHILE (CL) |
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| Comments: |
Miguel Gruchaga, President of the Chilean Senate, made the nomination on behalf of the Senate. Gruchaga was also one of the four Chilean members of the Permanent International Court of Arbitration who nominated Hull in 1938.
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