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Line 6: The [[peace movement]] in the United States has a proposed legislative history that dates to the first years of the republic: * 1793: [[Benjamin Rush]], [[Founding Fathers of the United States\|Founding Father]] (signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence\|Declaration of Independence]]), wrote an essay titled "A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States".<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/essaysliterarym00rushgoog\|quote=benjamin rush peace plan office.\|chapter=A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States\|title=Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical.\|last=Rush\|first=Benjamin, M.D.\|year=1806\|edition=2nd\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/essaysliterarym00rushgoog/page/n197 183]–188\|publisher=Thomas and William Bradford, Philadelphia\|accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref> Rush called for equal footing with the [[United States Department of War\|Department of War]] and pointed out the effect of doing so for the welfare of the United States in promoting and preserving perpetual peace in the United States. First published in a 1793 almanac that [[Benjamin Banneker]] authored,<ref>{{cite book \|last=Phillips \|first=P. Lee \|year=1917 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSkkCeq5R1AC&pg=PA114&dq=Columbia+Historical+Society+1917+Banneker#PPA114,M1 \|chapter=The Negro, Benjamin Banneker; Astronomer and Mathematician, Plea for Universal Peace \|title=Records of the Columbia Historical Society \|publisher=Columbia Historical Society \|location=Washington, D.C. \|volume=20 \|pages=114–120}}</ref> the plan stated: <blockquote> 1. Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed to preside in this office; . . . let him be a genuine republican and a sincere Christian. . . . Line 21: </blockquote> * 1806: [[Benjamin Rush]], [[Founding Fathers of the United States\|Founding Father]] (signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence\|Declaration of Independence]]), wrote an essay titled "A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States".<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/essaysliterarym00rushgoog\|quote=benjamin rush peace plan office.\|chapter=A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States\|title=Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical.\|last=Rush\|first=Benjamin, M.D.\|year=1806\|edition=2nd\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/essaysliterarym00rushgoog/page/n197 183]–188\|publisher=Thomas and William Bradford, Philadelphia\|accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref> Rush called for equal footing with the [[United States Department of War\|Department of War]] and pointed out the effect of doing so for the welfare of the United States in promoting and preserving perpetual peace in the United States. * 1925: [[Carrie Chapman Catt]], founder of the [[League of Women Voters]], at the Cause and Cure for War Conference, publicly suggested a cabinet-level Department of Peace and secretary of peace be established.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s2SkL2HNuwEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=jacqueline+voris#PPA200,M1\|title=Carrie Chapman Catt - A Public Life\|author=Jacqueline Van Voris \| isbn=978-1-55861-139-9 \| year=1996 \| publisher=Feminist Press}}</ref> * 1926/1927: [[Kirby Page]], author of ''A National Peace Department'', wrote, published and distributed a proposal for a cabinet-level Department of Peace and secretary of peace.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://www.amazon.com/national-peace-department-proposal-study/dp/B0008D3YMU\|title=A National Peace Department\|author=Kirby Page}}</ref>

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