The Student Federalists was an organization that existed in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in the 1940s and 1950s to promote U.S. support for federal world government amongst students and youth. It was founded by Harris Wofford

Harris Wofford

Harris Llewellyn Wofford served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995 and as the fifth president of Bryn Mawr College, and is a noted advocate of national service and volunteering...

, a student at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

, later to become a Senator from Pennsylvania (1991-95) and President of Bryn Mawr College.

One of the members, Steve Benedict, later served as an assistant to Gabriel Hauge

Gabriel Hauge

Gabriel Hauge was a prominent American bank executive and economist. Hauge served as assistant to the President for Economic Affairs during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.-Background:...

, who was Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs in the administration of Dwight Eisenhower.

It later merged with other organizations to form the United World Federalists

Citizens for Global Solutions

Citizens for Global Solutions, a grassroots membership organization in the United States, envisions a "future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone" and to "building the political will in...

at a 1947 conference in Asheville, North Carolina, and became that organization's youth division.

External Links

• Student Federalists records, 1942-2003 Manuscripts and Archives, New York Public Library.