Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

Former Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, as member of the American delegation to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco, signs the charter at the State Department in Washington, D. C.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Cabinet members. From left to right around the table: Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.

Postmaster General Frank C. Walker sells the first sheet of the 3-cent postage stamp of the Roosevelt Memorial Series to former Secretary of State Cordell Hull. From left to right: Walker, Joseph J. Lawler (third assistant Postmaster General), Hull, and Mrs. Frances Hull. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman reads the Japanese surrender message from the Oval Office at the White House, with Cabinet members and others also present. In the front row, from left to right, are Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of State James Byrnes, President Truman, and former Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to the media. First row, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; President Truman; and Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt.

Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull is shown with his wife. From: Beth Gore.

Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the Pearl Harbor Investigating Committee that the United States had not addressed any pre-Pearl Harbor ultimatum to Japan, asserting that it was Japan's proposal to this country which was an unacceptable ultimatum. He is shown here being sworn in prior to his testimony. From: Beth Gore