Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.

In 1945 Cordell Hull was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "co-initiating the United Nations". Hull died after suffering several strokes and heart attacks in 1955 in Washington D. Morgenthau said.

state of Tennessee. Cordell Hull (October 2 1871 – July 23 1955) was an American politician from the U. He is best known as the longest serving Secretary of State holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II.