Henry A. Wallace
American politician (1888-1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 77
Henry Agard Wallace 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.
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Wallace's father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, served as secretary of agriculture from 1921 to his death in 1924.
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Wallace with his running mate, Senator Glen H. Taylor, 1948
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American Labor Party campaign poster featuring Vito Marcantonio as a candidate for reelection to Congress, 1948. Above him the faces of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, and Wallace look on.
