Henry L. Stimson

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United States Secretary of War (1867-1950)

United States PoliticiansLived 1867 to 1950 · aged 83

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Henry Lewis Stimson was an American statesman, lawyer, and politician. S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations.

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Young Stimson with Mimi, the cat, portrait by Dora Wheeler Keith

Stimson as a young lawyer

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred William Bjornstad, organizer and director of the U.S. Army Staff College in France, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Stimson who is about to leave the college, July 1918.

Stimson in 1929

Stimson in 1944.

Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers pointing out landmarks at devastated Cassino to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson touring the Italian battlefront

Stimson arriving for a Truman cabinet meeting in August 1945

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FatherLewis Atterbury Stimson

MotherCandace Thurber Stimson

Connected to Henry 6

Shemp HowardAlso in Buck Privates (1941)

Samuel S. HindsAlso in Buck Privates (1941)

Bud AbbottAlso in Buck Privates (1941)

Nat PendletonAlso in Buck Privates (1941)

Lou CostelloAlso in Buck Privates (1941)

Tom TylerAlso in Buck Privates (1941)

About this person

Henry Lewis Stimson was an American statesman, lawyer, and politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He served as Secretary of War (1911-1913) under President William Howard Taft, Secretary of State (1929-1933) under President Herbert Hoover, and again Secretary of War (1940-1945) under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, overseeing American military efforts during World War II.

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