OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 2, 1871;
Olympus, Tennessee

DIED:
July 23, 1955 (age 83);
Bethesda, MD

EDUCATION:
National Normal University (Lebanon, Ohio),
Cumberland University Law School

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1891:
Admitted to TN Bar;
Began Practicing Law in Celina, TN
1893-1897:
Member, TN State House of Representatives
1898:
Served as Captain in the Army During the Spanish-American War
1903-1906:
Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit of Tennessee
1907-1921:
Member, U.S House of Representatives (D-TN)
1920:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection to the House
1921-1924:
Chair, Democratic National Committee
1923-1931:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-TN)
1931-1933:
U.S. Senator (D-TN)
1933-1944:
U.S. Secretary of State
1945:
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Role in Establishing the United Nations,
Delege to the UN Conference in San Francisco, CA;
Known as “The Father of the United Nations”

PORTRAITS:

Harris & Ewing/ Library of Congress Collection

Artist: Edward Morris Murray (State Department Portrait)

RESOURCES:

President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary Cordell Hull (National Archives)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Library of Congress
Department of State
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

RESEARCH:
Papers (Library of Congress)
Memoirs (Hathi Trust)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

President Franklin Roosevelt confers with Secretary of State Cordell Hull on August 7, 1933 (Library of Congress)

DEATH/ OBITUARIES (7/23/1955):
New York Times
New York Times