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[[Image:HenryStimson.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Henry Stimson''']] '''Henry Lewis Stimson''' (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) served as [[United States]] Secretary of War under presidents [[William Howard Taft]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]] and as [[Secretary of State]] under [[Herbert Hoover]], previously serving as Governor-General of the [[Philippines]]. He was a leading [[Wall Street]] lawyer, one of the most important Republicans, and a leading conservative.

[[Image:HenryStimson.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Henry Stimson''']] '''Henry Lewis Stimson''' (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) served as [[United States]] Secretary of War under presidents [[William Howard Taft]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]] and as [[Secretary of State]] under [[Herbert Hoover]], previously serving as Governor-General of the [[Philippines]]. He was a leading [[Wall Street]] lawyer, one of the most important Republicans, and a leading conservative.

When [[World War II]] threatened, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] turned over the war department to Stimson, realizing the need for a bipartisan military policy. (For Secretary of the Navy he chose Frank Knox, the 1936 GOP vice presidential candidate).  Stimson brought business leaders to Washington. As Secretary of War during [[World War II]] he took a hard line against Nazi and Japanese aggression. During the war he was responsible for supplying soldiers and weapons to the Army and Air Force. He promoted the growth of military industries, and reorganize the War Department and expanded it to 12 million men and women. <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-l-stimson</ref>  More than anyone he controlled the atomic bomb project, including its high priority construction and the decision to use it against Japan to end the war without millions more American or Japanese deaths.

When [[World War II]] threatened, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] turned over the war department to Stimson, realizing the need for a bipartisan military policy. (For Secretary of the Navy he chose Frank Knox, the 1936 GOP vice presidential candidate).  Stimson brought business leaders to Washington. As Secretary of War during [[World War II]] he took a hard line against Nazi and Japanese aggression. During the war he was responsible for supplying soldiers and weapons to the Army and Air Force. He promoted the growth of military industries, and reorganize the War Department and expanded it to 12 million men and women.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-l-stimson</ref>  More than anyone he controlled the atomic bomb project, including its high priority construction and the decision to use it against Japan to end the war without millions more American or Japanese deaths.

Scion of a wealthy family from [[New York City]], Stimson was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, [[Yale]] College, and  [[Harvard Law School]]. In 1892, he became a parter to a prestigious [[Wall Street]] law firm. And in 1906 President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] appointed him U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He unsuccessfully ran for [[Governor]] in 1910.  

Scion of a wealthy family from [[New York City]], Stimson was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, [[Yale]] College, and  [[Harvard Law School]]. In 1892, he became a parter to a prestigious [[Wall Street]] law firm. And in 1906 President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] appointed him U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He unsuccessfully ran for [[Governor]] in 1910.  

In 1940 he was appointed Secretary of War by Roosevelt. As War Secretary during World War II he expanded the army base to over 10,000,000 soldiers. As Secretary of War he was the person most responsible for the [[Manhattan Project]], which built the [[atomic bomb]]he was the major advisor who designed the policy of using it against Japan, as approved by President [[Harry Truman]].

In 1940 he was appointed Secretary of War by Roosevelt. As War Secretary during World War II he expanded the army base to over 10,000,000 soldiers. As Secretary of War he was the person most responsible for the [[Manhattan Project]], which built the [[atomic bomb]]he was the major advisor who designed the policy of using it against Japan, as approved by President [[Harry Truman]].

Stimson died in 1950 at the age of 83. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0921.html</ref>

Stimson died in 1950 at the age of 83.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0921.html</ref>

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

* Hodgson, Godfrey. ''The Colonel: The Life and Wars of Henry Stimson, 1867-1950'' (1992), popular

* Hodgson, Godfrey. ''The Colonel: The Life and Wars of Henry Stimson, 1867-1950'' (1992), popular

* Morison, Elting E. ''Turmoil and tradition: A study of the life and times of Henry L. Stimson'' (1960), the standard scholarly biography

* Morison, Elting E. ''Turmoil and tradition: A study of the life and times of Henry L. Stimson'' (1960), the standard scholarly biography

* Newman, Robert P.  "Hiroshima and the Trashing of Henry Stimson", ''The New England Quarterly,'' Vol. 71, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp. 5-32 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/366722 in JSTOR]

* Newman, Robert P.  "Hiroshima and the Trashing of Henry Stimson", ''The New England Quarterly,'' Vol. 71, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp.&nbsp;5–32 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/366722 in JSTOR]

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Stimson, Henry L., and McGeorge Bundy.''On Active Services In Peace And War'' (1948, 2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Active-Services-Peace-War/dp/1406741930/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214271756&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search], Stimson's autobiography

* Stimson, Henry L., and McGeorge Bundy.''On Active Services In Peace And War'' (1948, 2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Active-Services-Peace-War/dp/1406741930/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214271756&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search], Stimson's autobiography