World's Court League
# World's Court League

The World Court League was formed on December 30, 1915, with John Hays Hammond as president. They lobbied for the formation of the International Court of Justice.

## 1915 personnel and first meeting attendees

* William H. Taft, honorary president. He resigned in 1917 because he was a member of the League to Enforce Peace.
* John Hays Hammond, president.
* Emerson McMillin, vice president.
* Henry Clews, treasurer.
* Dr. John Wesley Hill, general secretary and editor of The World Court
* Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, attendee.
* W. E. Knox of New York City, New York, director.
* Oscar S. Strauss, attendee.
* W. W. Wilson of Chicago, Illinois, director.
* Augustus Busch of St. Louis, Missouri, director.
* Alton Brooks Parker, director.
* James G. Beemer, attendee.
* Samuel C. Dutton of Hartsdale, New York, attendee.
* E. C. Stokes of Trenton, New Jersey, director.

## 1917 personnel

* Samuel T. Dutton, general secretary, 1917

## 1919 personnel

* Charles Lathrop Pack, president
* Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the international council.
* Albert Shaw (World's Court League).
* Henry Clews, treasurer.
* Samuel T. Dutton.
* Frederick E. Farnsworth.
* Charles Herbert Levermore, corresponding secretary.
* Frank Chapin Bray, editor.

## Presidents

* John Hays Hammond 1914 to 1915.
* Charles Lathrop Pack 1919.
