Green Hackworth

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Green Haywood Hackworth (b. 1883 - d. 1973), a Kentucky native and graduate of the Valparaiso University School of Law, is perhaps best known as the first American appointed to the International Court of Justice.

Hackworth was also appointed as a Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State, commencing on July 1, 1931 and ending March 1, 1946. Hackworth was commissioned during a recess of the Senate, and was subsequently recommissioned after confirmation on December 17, 1931.

US jurist

Wrote 8-volume "Digest of International Law" 1940-1944

Judge on International Court of Justice 1946-1961

President of International Court of Justice 1955-1958


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