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Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Cordell Hull (1871–1955)

Influence on American Diplomacy

As Secretary of State, Hull’s role in U.S. foreign policymaking was greatly circumscribed by President Roosevelt. Hull nonetheless achieved prominence as an advocate of trade liberalization, closer relations with Latin America, and a postwar multinational institution to promote peace and security.

Although President Roosevelt typically represented the United States at the major conferences with Allied leaders during the Second World War, Hull took the lead in attempting to delay war with Japan following its invasion of China. He was also a strong supporter of President Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor” policy and became the first sitting Secretary of State to attend the International Conference of American States (precursor to the Organization of American States). At the December 1933 meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay, he announced that the U.S. Government would henceforth observe a policy of “non-intervention” in the affairs of its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere.

His greatest cont

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Cordell Hull

Cordell Hull

In office
March 4, 1933 – November 30, 1944PresidentFranklin D. RooseveltDeputyWilliam Phillips
Sumner Welles
Edward Stettinius Jr.Preceded byHenry L. StimsonSucceeded byEdward Stettinius Jr.In office
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933Preceded byWilliam Emerson BrockSucceeded byNathan L. BachmanIn office
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1931Preceded byWynne F. ClouseSucceeded byJohn R. MitchellIn office
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921Preceded byMounce Gore ButlerSucceeded byWynne F. ClouseIn office
November 2, 1921 – July 22, 1924Preceded byGeorge WhiteSucceeded byClem L. ShaverBorn(1871-10-02)October 2, 1871
Olympus, Tennessee, U.S.DiedJuly 23, 1955(1955-07-23) (aged 83)
Washington, D.C., U.S.Political partyDemocraticSpouse(s)

Witz Whitney

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(m. 1917; died 1954)​
EducationNational Normal University
Cumberland University (LLB
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Cordell Hull

Cordell Hull was born on October 2, 1871, near Byrdstown, Tennessee. Hull attended college from 1889 until 1890. He gave his first speech at the age of 16. At the age of 19, Hull became the elected chairman of the Clay County Democratic Party. Hull studied at National Normal University (later merged with Wilmington College, Ohio) from 1889 until 1890.

In 1891, he graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University. Although Hull gained admission to the Tennessee bar in 1892 and was appointed a circuit judge in 1903, his great passion was politics.

Hull served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897. During the Spanish–American War, he served in Cuba as a captain in the Fourth Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Infantry.

From 1903 to 1907, Hull served as a local judge. Following service on his county’s Democratic Party Executive Committee and in the Tennessee State legislature, Hull was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1906. Hull’s career was nearly derailed when he lost his congressional seat during the Republican

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