OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Henry Agard Wallace
BORN:
October 7, 1888;
Orient, Iowa
DIED:
November 18, 1965 (age 77);
Danbury, Connecticut
EDUCATION:
Iowa State College (BS, 1910)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican (before 1924)
Progressive (1924–1932)
Democratic (1932–1947)
Progressive (1947-1953)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1910-1924:
Editorial Staff of Wallace’s Farmer in Des Moines, Iowa
1924-1929:
Editor, Wallace’s Farmer
1913-1933:
Experimented with breeding high-yielding strains of corn
1915:
Devised First Corn-Hog Ratio Charts,
Author of several agriculture publications
1929-1933:
Editor, Iowa Homestead
1933-1940:
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
1941-1945:
Vice President of the United States
1944:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Renomination as Vice President
1945-1946:
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
1946-1948:
Editor, The New Republic
1948:
Progressive Candidate for President of the United States
PORTRAITS:
SOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
U.S. Senate
Biographical Directory of Congress
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
University of Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Library of Congress
FDR Library
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
PROFILES:
The Atlantic (August 1948)
Los Angeles Times (3/12/2000)
New Yorker (10/14/2013)