CHARLES F. BRANNAN

6/17/1949: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan testifying before the Senate Agriculture Committee (Harris & Ewing/ Harry S. Truman Library and Museum)
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FULL NAME:
Charles Franklin Brannan

BORN:
August 23, 1903
Denver, Colorado

DIED:
July 2, 1992 (age 88)
Denver, Colorado.

EDUCATION:
Regis University (BA)
University of Denver (LLB, 1929)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1935-1937:
Assistant Regional Attorney, Resettlement Administration, Denver, Colorado
1937-1941:
Regional Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, USDA
1941-1944:
Regional Director, Farm Security Administration, for the states of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming
1944:
Assistant Administrator, Farm Security Administration
1944-1948:
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
1949:
Send Brannan Plan to Congress to provide federal support for farm income1948-1953:
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture 
1953-1990:
General Counsel, National Farmers Union

RESOURCES:
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Wikipedia

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Photo Credit: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.