Green Hackworth

Who was Green Hackworth?

Green Haywood Hackworth, a Kentucky native and graduate of the Valparaiso University School of Law, is perhaps best known as the first U.S. judge of the International Court of Justice.

He sat on the Court from 1946 to 1961 and also served as its president from 1955 to 1958.

Hackworth was also appointed as a Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State, commencing on July 1, 1931 and ending March 1, 1946. Hackworth was commissioned during a recess of the Senate, and was subsequently recommissioned after confirmation on December 17, 1931.