27 Facts About Herbert Pell

In 1918, Herbert Pell was elected to Congress, and he served from 1919 to 1921.

Herbert Pell was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920.

Herbert Pell continued to remain active in politics, and was chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee from 1921 to 1926 and a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention.

Herbert Pell served as vice chairman of the Democratic National Campaign Committee for the 1936 elections.

In 1937, Herbert Pell was appointed as Minister to Portugal, where he served from May 27,1937, until February 11,1941, when he was appointed Minister to Hungary.

In December 1941, Herbert Pell received Hungary's declaration of war against the United States, closed the embassy and returned to the United States.

From 1942 to 1945, Herbert Pell was the United States representative on the United Nations War Crimes Commission.

Herbert Pell was recognized as an internationalist on foreign policy and a progressive despite coming from the wealthy and conservative class, which tended to be isolationist.

Herbert Pell was the leading American seeking to build awareness of the plight of European Jews in the 1930s and 1940s and prevent the Holocaust, and was able to aid in holding the perpetrators responsible as the principal US sponsor of and US representative of the War Crimes Commission.

Herbert Pell died in Munich, West Germany on July 17,1961.

Herbert Pell's remains were cremated and scattered in the Atlantic Ocean at Beavertail in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

Herbert Pell was born in New York City on February 16,1884.

Herbert Pell was the elder son of two children born to Katherine Lorillard Pell and Herbert Claiborne Pell.

Herbert Pell was a great-grandson of US Representative John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne.

Herbert Pell was a direct descendant of Wampage I, a Siwanoy chieftain, as reflected in a Congressional Record entry relating to his son Claiborne Pell.

Herbert Pell attended Harvard University, Columbia University, and New York University, but did not complete a degree.

Herbert Pell was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

Herbert Pell was chairman of the Democratic State committee from 1921 to 1926 and a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention.

Herbert Pell was an occasional lecturer at Columbia University, Harvard University, and other colleges and universities.

Herbert Pell served on the advisory committee of Yenching University, later merged with Peking University.

Herbert Pell was appointed as Minister to Portugal, where he served from May 27,1937, until February 11,1941, when he was appointed Minister to Hungary.

Herbert Pell was serving in Budapest on December 13,1941, when he received the Hungarian declaration of war against the United States.

Herbert Pell closed the legation in Budapest, returned to the US on January 16,1942, and submitted his resignation on November 30,1942.

Herbert Pell was United States representative on the United Nations War Crimes Commission from August 1943 to January 1945.

Two weeks later in Paris, Herbert Pell married Olive Bigelow Herbert Pell, the portraitist.

Herbert Pell's funeral was held at Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island where there is a memorial plaque in his honor.

Herbert Pell's ashes were committed to the ocean off Beavertail in Jamestown, Rhode Island.