Cordell Hull (born in Olympus, Pickett County, Tennessee, October 2, 1871 - died in Washington DC, July 23, 1955 at age 83 years) was a senator from Tennessee, USA.


He graduated from Cumberland University Law School, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1891, and accepted as a lawyer in the same year and began practice in Celina, Tennessee. He is also a member of the House of Representatives of the United States between the years 1893-1897. During the Spanish-American War he served with the rank of captain, after which he became a judge in the judicial circles to-5 in Tennessee (1903-1906), then appointed as a Democrat to-60 and six the next congress (March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1921 ).
He failed as a candidate for reelection in 1920 to the 67th Congress, and served as chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee between the years 1921-1924, after it was chosen again to Congress to-68 and 3 the next Congress (4 March 1923-3 March 1931). He was not a candidate again for renominasi in 1930, as it has become kanfifat for senator, then he was elected to the United States Senate from the Democrats in 1930 and served from March 4, 1931, until March 3, 1933, when he served as U.S. Secretary of State . He was elected as secretary of state in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cabinet, serving until the date of December 1, 1944.


He is known as the father of the United Nations, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. Having finished his term, he lived in Washington, DC until his death. He was buried in Central Cemetery Dome in Chapel St. Joseph of Arimathea in the Washington Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia.