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| | Cordell Hull - Biography |
 | | Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871-July 23, 1955) was born in a log cabin in Pickett County, Tennessee, the third of the five sons of William and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. |
 | | Although Hull participated in some of the policy making conferences of the Allies, his major effort during the later stages of World War II was that of preparing a blueprint for an international organization dedicated to the maintenance of peace and endowed with sufficient legislative, economic, and military power to achieve it. |
 | | Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America, in Connection with His Trip to South America to Attend the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 1-23, 1936. |
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