His father and uncle, both math professors, were known to the family as Cube and Square. He persuaded the Cuban constitutional convention to adopt the Platt Amendment and later joined a League of Nations panel on the World Court. Other work after retiring from the cabinet included heading an American mission to encourage continued Russian participation in World War I and a term as Senator from New
His father and uncle, both math professors, were known to the family as Cube and Square. He persuaded the Cuban constitutional convention to adopt the Platt Amendment and later joined a League of Nations panel on the World Court. Other work after retiring from the cabinet included heading an American mission to encourage continued Russian participation in World War I and a term as Senator from New York. It was his not founding of the Army War College or negotiation of the Gentleman's Agreement but his work at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace that earned the 1912 Nobel Prize. For ten points, name this Secretary of War under McKinley and State under Theodore Roosevelt.
His father and uncle, both math professors, were known to the family as Cube and Square.
Elihu Root