page_title: List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State
section_title: Cordell Hull
hierarchical_section_title: List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State / Cordell Hull
caption_attribution_description: English: Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Chinese Ambassador Wei Tao-Ming at the State Department exchanging ratifications of the treaty abolishing extra-territorial "rights" of the United States in China. The treaty provided that it becomes effective at the time of this exchange.
context_page_description: This is a list of international visits undertaken by the United States secretary of state. The list includes both private travel and official state visits. The list includes only foreign travel which the secretaries of state have made during their tenure in the position.
  The first secretary of state who made a trip abroad was William H. Seward, who visited the Danish West Indies in 1866. In the early years, most secretary of state visits took place in the North, Central, and South American countries and in the Caribbean. John Hay was the first secretary of state to visit Europe. Philander C. Knox was the first to go to Asia. Cordell Hull was the first to go to Africa. Dean Rusk was the first to go to Oceania.
context_section_description: Cordell Hull (in office 1933–1944)
caption: Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Chinese Ambassador Wei Tao-Ming at the State Department
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