DIED: October 6, 1974 (age 76),
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
EDUCATION: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1953-1954:
Lieutenant Governor or North Carolina 1954-1961:
Governor of North Carolina 1961-1965:
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
PORTRAIT:
RESOURCES:
12/5/1961: President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges (left), hold up a large World War II “E” flag (“E-for-Export”). The flag, awarded to manufacturing plants during World War II for excellence in war production, would now be used by the Department of Commerce as an award for excellence as part of the Export Expansion Program (Robert Knudsen./ JFK Library)
5/9/1962: President John F. Kennedy speaks with officials of the Commerce Committee for the Alliance for Progress in the White House Rose Garden . Left to right: J. Peter Grace, Chairman of the Commerce Committee; President Kennedy; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges (Abbie JFK Library)
