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'''Henry Lewis Stimson''' (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) served as [[United States]] Secretary of [[War]] under [[President]]'s [[William Howard Taft]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[Secretary of State]] under [[Herbert Hoover]], previously serving as Governor-General of the [[Philippines]].
Despite his work in [[Democrat]] [[administration]]s, he was a staunch [[conservative]] [[Republican]]. As Secretary of War during [[World War II]] - responsible for the [[Army]] and Air Force - he took an aggressive stance against [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. 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>
==Early Life==
[[Child]] of a wealthy [[family]] from [[New York]], Stimson was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, [[Yale]] [[College]], and the [[Harvard]] [[Law]] [[School]]. In 1892, he became a parter 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.
==Presidential Appointments==
Stimson's distinguished career began in the Taft [[administration]] when he appointed Secretary of War in 1911 and helped modernize the army's structure during [[World War I]]. He was asked by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] to impose a settlement in [[Nicaragua]] and in 1927 served as governor general of the Philippines. He was President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s secretary of state and was involved with foreign policy matters such as London Naval Conference of 1930 which involved the agreements between the major powers on [[navy]] vessel numbers an the invasion of [[Manchuria]].
In 1940 he was appointed Secretary of War again under Franklin D. Roosevelt. As War Secretary during World War II he expanded the army base to over 10,000,000 [[soldier]]s. As Secretary of War under Harry Truman he was a senior adviser to the [[Manhattan Project]], which built the [[atomic bomb]].
Stimson died in 1950 at the age of 83.
==References==
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[[Category:Political People]]
Despite his work in [[Democrat]] [[administration]]s, he was a staunch [[conservative]] [[Republican]]. As Secretary of War during [[World War II]] - responsible for the [[Army]] and Air Force - he took an aggressive stance against [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. 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>
==Early Life==
[[Child]] of a wealthy [[family]] from [[New York]], Stimson was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, [[Yale]] [[College]], and the [[Harvard]] [[Law]] [[School]]. In 1892, he became a parter 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.
==Presidential Appointments==
Stimson's distinguished career began in the Taft [[administration]] when he appointed Secretary of War in 1911 and helped modernize the army's structure during [[World War I]]. He was asked by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] to impose a settlement in [[Nicaragua]] and in 1927 served as governor general of the Philippines. He was President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s secretary of state and was involved with foreign policy matters such as London Naval Conference of 1930 which involved the agreements between the major powers on [[navy]] vessel numbers an the invasion of [[Manchuria]].
In 1940 he was appointed Secretary of War again under Franklin D. Roosevelt. As War Secretary during World War II he expanded the army base to over 10,000,000 [[soldier]]s. As Secretary of War under Harry Truman he was a senior adviser to the [[Manhattan Project]], which built the [[atomic bomb]].
Stimson died in 1950 at the age of 83.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Political People]]