Some states have all the fun. When it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize the following states are the most-honoured:
New York - Teddy Roosevelt (1906), Elihu Root (1912), Frank Kellogg (1929), John Mott (1946)
Virginia - Woodrow Wilson (1919), Al Gore (Washington, D.C.) (2007)
Georgia - Martin Luther King Jr (1964), Jimmy Carter (2002)
Ohio - Charles Dawes (1925)
Illinois - Jane Addams (1931)
New Jersey - Nicholas Butler (1931)
Tennessee - Cordell Hull (1945)
Massachusetts - Emily Balch (1946)
Michigan - Ralph Bunche (1950)
Pennsylvania - George Marshall (1953)
Oregon - Linus Pauling (1962)
Iowa - Norman Borlaug (1970)
Vermont - Jody Williams (1997)
Hawaii - Barack Obama (2009)
Two other Americans won it - Henry Kissinger (1973), born in Germany and Elie Wiesel (1986), born in Romania. Likewise two american organizations have won it - The American Friends Service Committee (1947), based in Pennsylvania, and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (1985), headquartered in the U.S. in Massachusetts.
Canada? Two winners.
New York - Teddy Roosevelt (1906), Elihu Root (1912), Frank Kellogg (1929), John Mott (1946)
Virginia - Woodrow Wilson (1919), Al Gore (Washington, D.C.) (2007)
Georgia - Martin Luther King Jr (1964), Jimmy Carter (2002)
Ohio - Charles Dawes (1925)
Illinois - Jane Addams (1931)
New Jersey - Nicholas Butler (1931)
Tennessee - Cordell Hull (1945)
Massachusetts - Emily Balch (1946)
Michigan - Ralph Bunche (1950)
Pennsylvania - George Marshall (1953)
Oregon - Linus Pauling (1962)
Iowa - Norman Borlaug (1970)
Vermont - Jody Williams (1997)
Hawaii - Barack Obama (2009)
Two other Americans won it - Henry Kissinger (1973), born in Germany and Elie Wiesel (1986), born in Romania. Likewise two american organizations have won it - The American Friends Service Committee (1947), based in Pennsylvania, and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (1985), headquartered in the U.S. in Massachusetts.
Canada? Two winners.
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