Green Haywood Hackworth ( Prestonsburg , Kentucky , January 23 , 1883 – Washington , DC , June 24 , 1973 ) was an American jurist who served as the first U.S. judge on the International Court of Justice , as President of the International Court of Justice , as the longest running Legal Adviser to the US Department of State ( 1925 -1946 ) and as a member of Secretary of State Cordell Hull 's inner circle of advisers . Hackworth was instrumental in the development of plans for the post World War II world order and was a key member of the U.S. delegation to the Dumbarton Oaks Conference ( 1944 ) . He served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy ( 1942 ) , as a member of Post War Programs Committee ( 1944 ) and as Chairman of the Committee of Jurists that drafted the initial statutes for the International Court of Justice ( 1945 ) . Hackworth also represented the U.S. Delegation on Committee IV at the United Nations Conference on International Organization where the articles in the United Nations Charter pertaining to the International Court of Justice were finalized
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