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Henry A. Wallace

Born
Oct 5, 1888 · Aged 77
Died
Nov 18, 1965
Gender
Male
Movie credits
4
TV credits
1
Also known as (2)
  • Henry Wallace
  • Henry Agard Wallace

Biography

Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd vice president of the United States, serving from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th U.S. secretary of commerce. He was the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 presidential election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as U.S. secretary of agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Wallace was born in rural Iowa in 1888. After graduating from Iowa State University in 1910, he worked as a writer and editor for his family's farm…