Cordell Hull was an American politician and statesman and one of the founders of the United Nations.  He entered Tennessee politics after studying law and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1907 to 1931.  He represented Tennessee in the Senate for two years before President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Hull Secretary of State in 1933, a position he would hold for eleven years.  Hull laid the foundation for the “Good Neighbor” Policy, which improved Latin American-U.S. relations and promoted reciprocal trade agreements to achieve peace.  During World War II, Hull represented the U.S. at a number of critical conferences, but retired in November 1944.  He became the senior advisor to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945.  For his efforts, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945.  He died in Bethesda, Maryland on July 23, 1945.