Cordell Hull (1871 - 1955)

Born 2 Oct 1871 in Olympus, Overton, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Jul 1955 at age 83 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Preceded by 46th Secretary Henry L. Stimson Preceded by William Emerson Brock

Cordell Hull 47th United States Secretary of State 1933—1945 US Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee 1931—1933

Succeeded by 48th Secretary Edward Stettinius Jr. Succeeded by Nathan L. Bachman

Biography

Cordell Hull is Notable.

Captain Cordell Hull served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 1898
Unit(s):
Service Ended: 1898

Secretary of State 1933-1944 under Franklin D. Roosevelt

Cordell was born in 1871 at a log cabin near the town of Olympus, Tennessee, which lay in that part of Overton County that became Pickett County in 1879. He was the third of five sons of William Pascal Hull and Mary Elizabeth Riley. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He attended National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio (formerly Southwestern State Normal College, and most recently Lebanon University, which closed in 1917 and merged with Wilmington College); and graduated in 1891 from Cumberland School of Law. ^{[3] [4]}

His career included: ^{[4] [5] [6]}

1893-1897: Tennessee House of Representatives.

1898: Captain in the 4th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, serving in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

1903-1907: Judge for Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Tennessee

1907-1921 / 1923-1931: Eleven terms in U.S. House of Representatives.

1921-1924: Chairman of the Democratic National Committee

1930-1933: U.S. Senator from Tennessee

1933-1944: Secretary of State

1945: Nobel Peace Prize for co-initiating the United Nations

Cordell passed away in 1955 and is buried in the vault of the Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea in the Washington National Cathedral. ^[7]

The Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park is located at Byrdstown, Tennessee. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW3-RPF : 15 July 2017), Cordell Hull in entry for William Hull, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 94, sheet 367A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1274; FHL microfilm 1,255,274.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8S-3TW : accessed 8 September 2019), Cordell Hull in household of William Hull, Civil District 6, Clay, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 13B, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,562.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cordell Hull on Wikipedia
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
5. ↑ University of Virginia Miller Center: U.S. Presidents; Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944) entry for Cordell Hull]
6. ↑ The Hulls of Tennessee: They produced a great Secretary of State, Life Magazine, March 18, 1940, pp. 79-85
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #524 for Cordell Hull (2 Oct 1871–23 Jul 1955), citing Washington National Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA; Maintained by Find A Grave.
8. ↑ Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park, 1300 Cordell Hull Memorial Drive, Byrdstown, TN 38549, phone 931-864-3247.

See also:

• Cordell Hull bio on Tennessee4me.com
• Democratic National Committee Wikipedia entry
• The memoirs of Cordell Hull, by Cordell Hull, Andrew Henry, and Thomas Berding; MacMillan Co., 1948
• Cordell Hull, by Richard W. Pierce, Pickett County Historian, Pickett County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, Oct. 1990
• Cordell Hull, Reprinted from Nashville Banner, Oct. 7, 1934 in Pickett County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. III, Sept. 1994
• Copy of Cordell Hull ancestor chart prepared in 1985 by Enola R. Roehrer, Monroe, TN in the family papers of Mona Janece (Hull) Bennett