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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) 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.
Aug 30, 2024 · Henry A. Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States (1941–45) in the Democratic administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He epitomized the “common man” philosophy of the New Deal Democratic Party.
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Henry Wallace is the most important, and certainly the most fascinating, almost-president in American history. As FDR’s third-term vice president, and a hero to many progressives, he lost...
Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) served as the 11 th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and 33 rd U.S. Vice President under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Who Was Henry A. Wallace?
- Early Years
- A Mystic
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Vice President of The United States
- Election of 1944
- Death and Legacy
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Before his launch in politics, Henry A. Wallace was known as a farmer, expert on scientific agriculture, editor, and successful businessman from Iowa. Although he was raised as a Republican, he changed his affiliation after being appointed Secretary of Agriculture in the Roosevelt administration. Due to his loyalty to President Rooseveltand his lib...
Henry Agard Wallace was born on October 7, 1888, at his family’s farm in Adair County, Iowa. His father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, was a farmer and publisher of farm journals, who would later become a professor of agriculture at Iowa State University and served as a secretary of agriculture under both presidents Harding and Coolidge. His mother, May ...
Besides exploring the fields of agriculture, business, and publishing, Wallace threw himself into the exploration of various religions and faiths, which won him a reputation as a mystic. The closest he would come to admitting it was to say he was “probably a practical mystic . . . that if you envision something that hasn’t been, that can be, and br...
Wallace was a passive Republican until Franklin D. Roosevelt, the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party for the 1932 presidential election, became interested in his ideas on farming and agriculture. To attract the support of Republican Iowa, Roosevelt counted on Wallace and his relationships with influential farm leaders. The strategy worked...
In 1940, after Roosevelt and Vice President John Garner split, Roosevelt decided that Henry Wallace was the only person he wanted as his running mate in the presidential election. The choice was very unpopular among Democrats, who distrusted Wallace, attacking him for his Republican past, his affiliations with esoteric movements, and his blind comm...
At the 1944 Democratic National Convention, Wallace began as a favorite after a Gallup Poll had revealed him as the most popular choice for Roosevelt’s potential running mate in the presidential election. Roosevelt himself had promised Wallace his full support, but political leaders from the administration wanted to remove Wallace from the office. ...
His experience in the 1948 presidential election dissuaded Wallace from seeking another political office. He retired to New York, where he resumed his farming experiments, making impressive advances such as creating a new breed of chicken with increased egg-laying productivity. He died on November 18, 1965, in Danbury, Connecticut, after being diag...
Henry Wallace, Henry Wallace, America's Forgotten Visionary. February 3, 2013. Truthout. Accessed July 27, 2018.Purcell, L. Edward (editor) A Biographical Dictionary: Vice Presidents. 3rd edition. Facts on File, Inc. 2005.Waldrup, Carole C. The Vice Presidents: Biographies of the 45 Men Who Have Held the Second Highest Office in the United States. McFarland & Company, Inc. 1996.West, Doug. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Short Biography: Thirty-Second President of the United States(30 Minute Book Series) (Volume 32). C&D Publications. 2018.Tim Truzyfrom U.S.A. on August 04, 2018: Interesting, Doug. I liked the way this V.P. had trhrown himself into so many fields: politics, agriculture, and running a newspaper. Wallace and his work will not be forgotten. Thank you for this article. Sincerely, Tim
Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) in the Republican administration of President Ulysses S. Grant and a national leader in the antislavery movement.
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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the thirty-third Vice President of the United States (1941–1945), the eleventh Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940), and the tenth Secretary of Commerce (1945–46).
