Harry Hines Woodring

Harry Hines Woodring
53rd United States Secretary of War
In office
September 25, 1936 – June 20, 1940
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byGeorge Dern
Succeeded byHenry L. Stimson
25th Governor of Kansas
In office
January 12, 1931 – January 9, 1933
LieutenantJacob W. Graybill
Preceded byClyde M. Reed
Succeeded byAlf Landon
Personal details
Born
Harry Hines Woodring

(1887-05-31)May 31, 1887
Elk City, Kansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 1967(1967-09-09) (aged 80)
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHelen Coolidge
EducationLebanon Business University
Military service
BranchUnited States Army
RankSecond Lieutenant
UnitTank Corps
WarsWorld War I

Harry Hines Woodring (May 31, 1887 – September 9, 1967) was an American politician. A Democrat, he was the 25th Governor of Kansas and the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1933 to 1936. His most important role was Secretary of War in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cabinet from 1936 to 1940. After 1938, Roosevelt rejected isolationism regarding Europe. Woodring quietly opposed Roosevelt and was eventually fired.