Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

LC control no.	n 86012032
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	18711002
Death date	19550723
Place of birth	Olympus, Tenn.
Place of death	Washington, D.C.
Affiliation	Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate United States. Department of State
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Judges Legislators--United States Nobel Prize winners
Found in	NUCMC data from LOC, Mss. Div. for Couzens, J. Papers, 1903-1940 (Cordell Hull; 1871-1955) LC data base, 3-27-87 (hdg.: Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955) WwWA, 1960 (Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955; s. William & Elizabeth (Riley) H.; m. Rose Frances Whitney (d. 1954); US Rep. Sen from Tenn.; Sec. State 1933-44; Nobel Peace Prize, 1945; Fed. judge; res.: Carthage, Tenn. & Washington, D.C.) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 9, 2013 (Hull, Cordell (1871-1955); a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Olympus, Overton (now Pickett) County, Tenn., October 2, 1871; attended normal school and graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1891; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Celina, Tenn.; member, State house of representatives, 1893-1897; during the Spanish-American War served with the rank of captain; judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee, 1903-1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, 1921-1924; again elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate for renomination in 1930, having become a candidate for Senator; elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1930 and served from March 4, 1931, to March 3, 1933, when he resigned to become Secretary of State; appointed Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4, 1933, serving until his resignation December 1, 1944; known as "the Father of the United Nations;" awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945; retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death there, July 23, 1955)
Associated language	eng