Wallace served as Secretary of Agriculture under Roosevelt from 1933 to 1940. He strongly supported the New Deal and presided over a major shift in federal ...
Henry Agard Wallace
Former Vice President of the United States
Henry Agard Wallace was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of... Wikipedia
Born: October 7, 1888, Adair County, IA
Died: November 18, 1965 (age 77 years), Danbury, CT
Party: Progressive Party
Previous offices: United States Secretary of Commerce (1945–1946), Vice President of the United States (1941–1945), and United States Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940)
Spouse: Ilo Wallace (m. 1914–1965)
Children: Jean Wallace Douglas, Henry Browne Wallace, and Robert Browne Wallace
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Apr 23, 2024 · Henry A. Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States (1941–45) in the Democratic administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He became editor of the New Republic and ran for president in 1948 as the Progressive Party candidate but attracted barely 2 percent of the vote. After the ...
Henry A. earned an M.S. degree in animal science in 1920. His first significant achievement was the derivation of statistical correlations to determine a fair ...
Henry A. Wallace was an Iowan who made an impact on agriculture throughout the state, the nation and the world. His love for the soil and for agriculture ...
He was a controversial advocate of international relations and humanitarian aid provided through the United Nations, especially for improved food production. He ...
Though a brilliant geneticist, Henry Wallace was a self-obsessed political figure, blind to the manipulations of aides—many of whom were Soviet agents and ...
Wallace lived a life dedicated to his progressive ideals. His work to further human rights, racial justice, and ecological preservation — and restrain corporate ...
Wallace, Henry Agard. Democracy Reborn: Selected from Public Papers. Ed. and intro. by Russell Lord. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944.