Edward Stettinius Jr.
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Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr. was an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of State under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1944 to 1945, and as U.S. Ambass
Stettinius in 1939
The gravesite of Edward Stettinius Jr.
Cordell Hull
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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 th
Edward Stettinius Jr.
…undersecretary of state in 1943. In January 1944, Macmillan published his book, Lend-Lease, Weapon for Victory. The poor health of Secretary of State Cordell Hull made Stettinius the chair of the 1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference and, in December 1944, he succeeded Hull as Secretary of State. Stettinius was a member…
Hull in 1940
Cordell Hull's boyhood home in Olympus, Tennessee
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. 1913