title: World's Court League
text: # 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.
  