Elihu Root (1845–1937)
Author of The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - Series III Volume V
About the Author
Image credit: Credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office
Works by Elihu Root
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Root, Elihu
- Birthdate
- 1845-02-15
- Date of death
- 1937-02-07
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Hamilton College (1864)
New York University School of Law (1867) - Occupations
- lawyer
United States Attorney (Southern District of New York|1883-1885)
United States Secretary of War (1899-1904)
United States Secretary of State (1905-1909)
U.S. Senator (New York|1909-1915|Republican)
public official (show all 7)
politician - Organizations
- Union League Club of New York
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Council on Foreign Relations
American Law Institute
American Peace Society
Committee of International Jurists - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Peace ∙ 1912)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1915)
Phi Beta Kappa Society - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Clinton, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Clinton, New York, USA (birth)
Rome, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA - Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Burial location
- Hamilton College Cemetery, Hamilton, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Statistics
- Works
- 14
- Members
- 61
- Popularity
- #274,233
- Rating
- 4.5
- ISBNs
- 17




