American Commission to Negotiate Peace
- American Commission to Negotiate Peace
The American Commission to Negotiate Peace, successor to the Inquiry, participated in the peace negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles, January 18 — December 9, 1919. Frank Lyon Polk headed the commission in 1919. The peace conference was superseded by the Council of Ambassadors, 1920–1931, which was organized to deal with various political questions regarding the implementation of provisions of the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. [cite web| url=http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/256.html| year=2006| title=Records of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace|first=| last=United States National Archives| publisher=archives.gov/| accessdate=2007-01-04] Members of the commission appointed by President Woodrow Wilson included:[cite web| url=http://www.library.yale.edu/un/house/colldesc.htm#mccormick| year=2006| title=Descriptions of the Edward M. House Papers and Associated Collections in Manuscripts and Archives|first=| last=| publisher=Yale University Library| accessdate=2007-01-04] ]
*Clive Day, an American college professor and writer on economics history at the University of California.
*Donald Paige Frary, an American college professor with Yale University, an expert on International Affairs, and author; served as a secretary to Edward M. House.
*Edward M. House, a diplomat, politician and presidential foreign policy advisor to President Wilson.
*Vance C. McCormick, an American politician and prominent businessman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
*Sidney Edward Mezes, an American philosopher and college professor, former president of the College of the City of New York.
*Charles Seymour, an American college professor at Yale University.References
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*Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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