John Bassett Moore | |
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Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice | |
In office January 1922 – April 11, 1928 | |
Succeeded by | Charles Evans Hughes |
2nd Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
In office April 23, 1913 – March 4, 1914 | |
President | Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Chandler P. Anderson |
Succeeded by | Robert Lansing |
23rd United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
In office April 27, 1898 – September 6, 1898 | |
President | William McKinley |
Preceded by | William R. Day |
Succeeded by | David Jayne Hill |
5th Third Assistant Secretary of State | |
In office August 6, 1886 – September 30, 1891 | |
President | Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison |
Preceded by | Alvey A. Adee |
Succeeded by | William Morton Grinnell |
Personal details | |
Born | Smyrna, Delaware | December 3, 1860
Died | November 12, 1947 New York, New York | (aged 86)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Politician, author, lawyer, professor |
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John Bassett Moore (December 3, 1860 – November 12, 1947) was an American lawyer and authority on international law.[1][2][3] Moore was a State Department official, a professor at Columbia University, and a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1922 to 1928, the first American judge to sit on that judicial body.[2]