David Hunter Miller (1875–1961) was a
US lawyer and an expert on treaties who participated in the drafting of the covenant of the
League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...
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He practiced law in
New York City
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from 1911 to 1929; served on
the Inquiry, a body of experts that collected data for the
Paris Peace Conference (1917–1919); and was legal adviser to the American commission to the conference.
As an officer of the
US Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs o ...
(1929–1944), Miller headed the American delegation to the
1930 Hague Conference for the codification of international law. His published works include ''My Diary at the Conference of Paris, with Documents'' (21 vol., 1924–26) and ''Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America'' (8 vol., 1931–1948).
Miller was an elected member of the
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publicat ...
(1928).
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David Hunter Miller papers 1778-1941. 11.67 linear feet. At th
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
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1875 births
1961 deaths
United States Department of State officials
American lawyers
Members of the American Philosophical Society