Title: Frances Hull Card

Date/Date Range :   undated

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

The Frances Hull Card, no date, contains a short note to an unknown recipient from Frances Hull, the wife of Tennessee politician Cordell Hull. It mentions the trade agreement bill, endorsed by Hull in the mid-1930s, so card is possibly from 1933 or 1934.

Call number: MS-2420

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

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Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Frances Hull Card, MS-2420. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Rose Frances Witz Whitney Hull was born in Staunton, VA, to immigrant parents. In 1917 she married politician Cordell Hull. She died in 1954 at the age of 79.

Known as the "Father of the United Nations," Cordell Hull (1871-1955) was a Congressman, U.S. Secretary of State, and Nobel Laureate from Pickett County, TN. He was a Democrat, very actively against the protective tariff. Before election to the House of Representatives (1906-1921), he was a member of the Tennessee General Assembly, practiced law and became a circuit court judge. He also served as captain in the Spanish-American War. In 1913, the Democrats lowered tariffs and had him write a moderately progressive income tax law. After losing election in 1920, Hull became Democratic National Committee Chairman (1921-1924). Once again he was elected as House Rep. and served several terms from 1923 to 1931. Elected to the Senate in 1930, he was a supporter of Franklin Roosevelt, who in 1933 appointed Hull as Secretary of State. During his 11 years in this post, he promoted the Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America, helped established the United Nations, for which he earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1945, and endorsed a reciprocal trade agreements program, which brought the U.S. away from high tariffs. He retired in 1944 due to advancing tuberculosis, staying in Washington, D.C., but playing no role in politics.

The Frances Hull Card, no date, contains a short note to an unknown recipient from Frances Hull, the wife of Tennessee politician Cordell Hull. It mentions the trade agreement bill, endorsed by Hull in the mid-1930s, so card is possibly from 1933 or 1934. See also the Cordell Hull Centennial Collection in MS-1110.

• Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
• United States. Dept. of State.