1871 Oct. 2 - Cordell Hull born to William and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull in
Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett County) TN.
1884 - At the age of 12.5, Hull moved with his family to Willow Grove in Clay County, 18 miles below the Obed River.
1886 - Hull attends Montvale Institute, in Celina, county seat of Clay County, TN.
1889-1890 - Student at National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio.
1891 - Received law degree from Cumberland University at Lebanon, TN; admitted to Tennessee bar.
1891 - Establishes law practice in Celina, TN.
1893-1897 - Served as member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
1898-1899 - Served as captain of the Fourth Tennessee Regiment in the Spanish-American War.
1900-1903 - Practiced law in Gainsboro, TN.
1903-1906 - Appointed judge of the Fifth Judicial District.
1907-1921 - Elected to U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee Fourth Congressional District
1911-1921 - Served on House Ways and Means Committee
1913 - Author of the first Federal Income Tax Bill.
1916 - Author of the Revised Act.
1916 - Author of the Federal and State Inheritance Tax Law.
1917 - Married Rose Frances Whitney.
1921-1924 - Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
1923-1931 - Re-elected to U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee Fourth Congressional District.
1930 - Elected to the United States Senate.
1933 March 4 - At the age of 62, resigned from the Senate upon his appointment as Secretary of State by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1933 July - Led American delegation to world Monetary and Economic Conference held in London.
1933 November - Led American delegation to 7 th Pan-American Conference in Montevideo.
1936 - Led American delegation to the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace held in Buenos Aires.
1938 - Led American delegation to 8 th Pan-American Conference held in Lima.
1940 - Led American delegation to 2 nd Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics held in Havana.
1941 November - Hull entered into talks with Japanese Ambassador Nomura in hopes of averting or postponing the outbreak of war in the Pacific.
1942 February - Hull appointed chairperson of newly created Advisory Committee of Postwar Foreign Policy
1943 August - Attended Quebec Conference (codenamed QUADRANT).
1943 Oct.–Nov. - Served as principal U.S. representative to the 3 rd Moscow Conference
1944 Dec. 1 - Resigned as secretary due to ill health after serving nearly 12 years, the longest tenure of any Secretary of State in American history
1945 - Served as a member of and senior advisor to the American delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco.
1945 - Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his work to establish the United Nations
1948 - Memoirs published, 2 vols. New York, Macmillan.
1955 July 23 - Died Bethesda, MD
