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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Cordell Hull |
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Carthage, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 02, 1871 |
| Died |
July 23, 1955
(83 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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| Info | 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.
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