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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 [[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 [[Republican]]s, 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 [[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 [[Japan]]ese 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 [[Japan]]ese 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.  

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