born Dec. 22, 1856, Potsdam, N.Y., U.S.
died Dec. 21, 1937, St. Paul, Minn.
U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
He represented the U.S. government in antitrust cases before serving in the U.S. Senate (1917–23) and as U.S. ambassador to Britain (1923–25). Appointed U.S. secretary of state (1925–29) by Pres. Kellogg-Briand Pact , for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1929. He later served on the Permanent Court of International Justice (1930–35).