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Cordell Hull

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American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944

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Cordell Hull was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 to 1944. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving secretary of state in United States history. S. S.

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Cordell Hull's boyhood home in Olympus, TennesseeCordell Hull's boyhood home in Olympus, TennesseeThe Davis-Hull House in Carthage, Tennessee. The house was built by merchant Calvin Davis in 1889, and purchased by William Hull (the father of Cordell Hull) in 1906.The Davis-Hull House in Carthage, Tennessee. The house was built by merchant Calvin Davis in 1889, and purchased by William Hull (the father of Cordell Hull) in 1906.Portrait by Harris & Ewing c. 1913Portrait by Harris & Ewing c. 1913Signing of the United States-Canada Trade Agreement. Seated, L-R: Cordell Hull, William L. M. King and Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, on November 16, 1935.Signing of the United States-Canada Trade Agreement. Seated, L-R: Cordell Hull, William L. M. King and Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, on November 16, 1935.Japanese Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura (left) and Special Envoy Saburō Kurusu (right) meet Hull on 17 November 1941, two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941).Japanese Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura (left) and Special Envoy Saburō Kurusu (right) meet Hull on 17 November 1941, two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941).Hull and Chinese Ambassador Wei Daoming at the State Department exchanging ratifications of the 1943 treaty abolishing extraterritorial rights of the United States in China.Hull and Chinese Ambassador Wei Daoming at the State Department exchanging ratifications of the 1943 treaty abolishing extraterritorial rights of the United States in China.WW2 issued US Diplomatic passport signed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull.WW2 issued US Diplomatic passport signed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

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1945Nobel Peace Prize
Medal for Merit

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Harold UreyAlso won Medal for MeritJoseph RotblatAlso won Nobel Peace PrizeCharles Albert GobatAlso won Nobel Peace PrizeEddie RickenbackerAlso won Medal for MeritLuis Walter AlvarezAlso won Medal for MeritCarl von OssietzkyAlso won Nobel Peace Prize

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Cordell Hull was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 to 1944. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving secretary of state in United States history. Hull previously represented Tennessee in both houses of the United States Congress for 24 years, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1923 to 1931, and as a U.S. senator from 1931 to 1933. Hull also as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897.

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United States
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Politicians
Type
Politician
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1871 to 1955 · aged 83
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