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Henry Wallace

Biography

Henry Wallace

Overview

  • Born
    October 7, 1888 · Adair County, Iowa, USA
  • Died
    November 18, 1965 · Danbury, Connecticut, USA (Lou Gehrig's disease)
  • Birth name
    Henry Agard Wallace
  • Height
    5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Mini bio

  • 33rd vice president of the United States, serving during the crucial World War Two period from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

    Starting out in the Republican Party, he drifted away from the right-wing to join the Democrats under FDR. Finally, he was the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 presidential election.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Family

  • Spouse
      Ilo Elsie Browne(May 20, 1914 - November 18, 1965) (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Jean Browne Wallace Douglas
      Robert Browne Wallace
      Henry Browne Wallace
  • Parents
      Henry C. Wallace

Trivia

  • Son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921-1924.
  • (1941-1945) Vice President of the United States
  • A Republican until 1928, Wallace helped swing Iowa to the Democratic party in the 1932 election.
  • He edited (1946-1948) "The New Republic.".
  • He was (1910-1924) associate editor of "Wallaces' Farmer," an influential agricultural periodical run by his family, and when his father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, died in 1924, he became editor.

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