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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 [[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]].
[[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 [[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>
Despite his work in [[Democratic]] [[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>
[[Child]] of a wealthy [[family]] from [[New York]], 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.
[[Child]] of a wealthy [[family]] from [[New York]], 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.