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Cordell Hull Secretary of State, Term of Appointment:
03/04/1933 to
11/30/1944
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Travels
- Born in Pickett County, Tennessee, October 2, 1871;
- Attended National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, 1889-1890;
- Delegate to the Tennessee Democratic Convention in 1890;
- Graduated from Cumberland University Law School in 1891;
- Admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Celina, Tennessee;
- Member of the State House of Representatives, 1893-1897;
- Served in Cuba as captain, Fourth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry;
- In 1898 resumed the practice of law;
- Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, 1903-1907;
- Representative from Tennessee 1907-1921 and 1923-1931;
- Married Rose Frances (Witz) Whitney in 1917;
- Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1921-1924;
- Senator from Tennessee 1931-1933;
- Commissioned Secretary of State in President Roosevelt's Cabinet March 4, 1933 and served until November 30, 1944;
- As Secretary of State, sponsored a reciprocal-trade program;
- Chairman of American delegations to numerous international conferences,
- United States delegate to the Moscow Conference in 1943;
- Appointed a delegate to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in 1945;
- Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945
- Retired from public life;
- Died at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, July 23, 1955.
Released on July 15, 2003
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