Hugh Samuel Johnson
American administrator (1882-1942) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 59
Hugh Samuel Johnson was a United States Army officer, businessman, speech writer, government official and newspaper columnist. He was a member of the Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1932 to 1934. He wrote numerous speeches for FDR and helped plan the New Deal.
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Johnson, Enoch Crowder and Roscoe S. Conkling at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, 1917
Time magazine cover awarding Johnson the 1933 Man of the Year.
Clock with busts of Johnson (lower left), Roosevelt (top), and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (lower right), 1934 (National Museum of American History)
Johnson's grave in Arlington National Cemetery.About this person
Appointed head of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in 1933, he was highly energetic in his "blue eagle" campaign to reorganize American business to reduce competition and raise wages and prices. Schlesinger (1958) and Ohl (1985) conclude that he was an excellent organizer, but that he was also domineering, abusive, outspoken, and unable to work harmoniously with his peers. He lost control of the NRA in August 1934.
