John Bassett Moore

John Bassett Moore (December 3, 1860 – November 12, 1947) was an American lawyer and authority on international law. 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.

John Bassett Moore
Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice
In office
January 1922  April 11, 1928
Succeeded byCharles Evans Hughes
2nd Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office
April 23, 1913 (1913-04-23)  March 4, 1914 (1914-03-04)
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byChandler P. Anderson
Succeeded byRobert Lansing
23rd United States Assistant Secretary of State
In office
April 27, 1898 (1898-04-27)  September 6, 1898 (1898-09-06)
PresidentWilliam McKinley
Preceded byWilliam R. Day
Succeeded byDavid Jayne Hill
5th Third Assistant Secretary of State
In office
August 6, 1886 (1886-08-06)  September 30, 1891 (1891-09-30)
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Preceded byAlvey A. Adee
Succeeded byWilliam Morton Grinnell
Personal details
Born(1860-12-03)December 3, 1860
Smyrna, Delaware
DiedNovember 12, 1947(1947-11-12) (aged 86)
New York, New York
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician, author, lawyer, professor
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