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Wallace is appointed FDR's Secretary of Agriculture, where he runs massive programs to restore farm income, institute soil conservation, school lunches and food stamps, helps Labor Secretary Frances Perkins create Social Security, and helps design the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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). In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party, campaigning as a ...
Wallace was a staunch advocate for progressive democracy and systemic change in the U.S., evidenced by his work on New Deal agricultural reforms as Secretary of Agriculture and his opposition to militaristic imperialism as Vice President. Henry A. Wallace in 1962. Photograph by Slim Aarons via Getty Images.
Aug 3, 2016 · Vice President Profile: Henry Wallace. As part of a continuing series this summer, Constitution Daily looks at vice presidential selections that had an impact on the Constitution. Today, the Vice President who shaped the New Deal and later ran for president: Henry Wallace.
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 election, he retired from public life and died on November 18, 1965.
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 assets. From 1933 to 1949, Wallace...
Oct 18, 2023 · Henry A. Wallace was an American statesman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States from 1941 to 1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also served as Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Commerce.
