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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 presidents [[William Howard Taft]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[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.

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>  

When World War Ii threatened Presdient [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] turned over the war department to Stimson, realizing the need for a bipartisan military policy. (For Secretary of the navu he chose Frank Knox, the 1936 GOP vice presidential candidate).  Stimson brought buisiness leaders to Washington. As Secretary of War during [[World War II]] - responsible for supplying soldiers and weapons to 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.  

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.  

Stimson's distinguished career began in the Taft [[administration]] when he was 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 the London Naval Conference of 1930 and 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 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's distinguished career began in the [[William Howard Taft]] administration when he was appointed Secretary of War in 1911 and helped modernize the army's structure on the eve of [[World War I]]. Stimson supported Taft in the 1912 GOP contest with Roosevelt. During the war e was a colonel on active service; he was thereafter always known as "Colonel Stimson".

 

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 the London Naval Conference of 1930 and 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 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>

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