Cordell Hull

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Cordell Hull was a long-serving U.S. Secretary of State under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a key architect of both the United Nations and major World War II–era diplomacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
diplomat
human
lawyer
awardReceived Medal for Merit
Nobel Peace Prize
causeOfDeath heart disease
conflict Spanish–American War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1871-10-02
dateOfDeath 1955-07-23
educatedAt Cumberland School of Law
National Normal University
employer United States Department of State
endTime 1944-11-30
familyName Hull
fieldOfWork international relations
trade policy
fullName Cordell Hull self-link
genre political memoir
givenName Cordell
hasPublication The Memoirs of Cordell Hull
knownFor World War II diplomacy
architect of the United Nations
longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryRank captain
NobelPrizeYear 1945
notableWork Good Neighbor policy
promotion of the United Nations
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
surface form: reciprocal trade agreements program
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
officeContested Vice President of the United States
placeOfBirth Olympus, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
United States Secretary of State
United States Senator from New York
surface form: United States Senator
religion Methodist churches
surface form: Methodism
represented Tennessee
restingPlace National Cathedral
surface form: National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
servedIn United States Army
signatureImage Signature of Cordell Hull.svg
spouse Frances Witz Hull
startTime 1933-03-04
workedUnder President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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