Under whose presidency did Elihu Root serve as Secretary of State?
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer
Elihu Root served as Secretary of State under the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. He was instrumental in negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, and in establishing the Panama Canal. He also played a key role in the development of the Hague Conventions on international law.
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