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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.
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".
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 he was a colonel on active service; he was thereafter always known as "Colonel Stimson".
He was asked by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] settle [[Nicaragua]]'s murky finances; in 1927 he became governor general of the Philippines, at the time an American colony. He was not loved by the Filipinos, who wanted independence immediately. 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]].
He was asked by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] settle [[Nicaragua]]'s murky finances; in 1927 he became governor general of the Philippines, at the time an American colony. He was not loved by the Filipinos, who wanted independence immediately. 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]].