John Bassett Moore
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 | December 3, 1860 Smyrna, Delaware |
| Died | November 12, 1947 (aged 86) New York, New York |
| 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. 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.