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Henry A. Wallace

Also known as Henry Wallace, Vice President Wallace, Vice President Henry Wallace, Henry Agard Wallace

American politician (1888–1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945

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Henry A. Wallace was an American politician who served as Vice President of the United States during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. He is historically significant as a major figure during a critical period in American history, when the nation was engaged in global conflict.

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Instance of: human
Family name: Wallace
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Orient
Place of death: Danbury
Spouse: Ilo Wallace
Father: Henry Cantwell Wallace
Occupation: horticulturist
Position held: United States Secretary of Commerce
Educated at: Iowa State University
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Episcopal Church
Image: Henry-A.-Wallace-Townsend.jpeg
Number of children: 3

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birth name: Henry Agard Wallace
P12749: Sedum villosum
Commons category: Henry Wallace
date of birth: 1888-10-07
date of death: 1965-11-18
cause of death: ALS
manner of death: natural causes
medical condition: ALS
name in native language: Henry Agard Wallace
member of: American Philosophical Society

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Encyclopedic overview

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 journal, Wallaces' Farmer. He also founded the Hi-Bred Corn Company, a hybrid corn company that became extremely successful. Wallace displayed intellectual curiosity about a wide array of subjects, including statistics and economics, and explored various religious and spiritual movements, including Theosophy. After his father's death in 1924, Wallace drifted away from the Republican Party; he supported Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election.

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