Henry L. Stimson
Born September 21, 1867
New York, New York
Died October 20, 1950
Huntington, New York
Secretary of war, diplomat
Henry L. Stimson became one of the most respected U.S. leaders during World War II (1939–45). Many considered Stimson the chief architect for Allied victory in the war by organizing the U.S. war effort, including home front mobilization. Stimson also played a major role in preparing Americans on the home front for future sacrifices. As a result, the United States had the best-equipped army in the world. Stimson was outspoken in taking a strong stand against German military expansion in Europe. He was one of the most influential policy makers of the twentieth century as the United States emerged as a great military and economic world leader. However, his inspired foreign policy was tempered by a strong racial bias. This bias was reflected by his resistance to racially integrate the armed forces during the war and to insist on the internment of Japanese Americans in the western United States.
A Privileged Childhood
Henry Lewis Stimson was born on September 21, 1867, in New York City, only two years after the end of the American Civil War (1861–65).
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