Henry L. Stimson
Politician
1867 – 1950
Who was Henry L. Stimson?
Henry Lewis Stimson was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican Party politician and spokesman on foreign policy. He served as Secretary of War under Republican William Howard Taft, and as Governor-General of the Philippines. As Secretary of State under Republican President Herbert Hoover, he articulated the Stimson Doctrine which announced American opposition to Japanese expansion in Asia. He again served as Secretary of War under Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was a leading hawk calling for war against Germany. During World War II he took charge of raising and training 13 million soldiers and airmen, supervised the spending of a third of the nation's GDP on the Army and the Air Forces, helped formulate military strategy, and took personal control of building and using the atomic bomb.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1867
New York City - Also known as
- Henry Stimson
- Stimson
- Parents
- Spouses
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- Phillips Academy
- Yale College
- Yale University
- Died
- Oct 20, 1950
Huntington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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