Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (Photo Source: NobelPrize.org)
In 1905, President Roosevelt invited envoys of Russia and Japan to Portsmouth New Hampshire to negotiate an end to the war between the two countries. The treaty was signed on September 5, 1905 and Roosevelt received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.
Read Roosevelt’s Nobel Prize biography and Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
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