Arthur Mastick Hyde (July 12, 1877 to October 17, 1947) served as the 35th Governor of Missouri from 1921 to 1925 and then as United States Secretary of Agriculture for President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933, a term during which farm prices declined, stock prices crashed and the Great Depression began.
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Defining ContributionAs Secretary of Agriculture under Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933, Hyde led the department through the onset of the Great Depression, a period in which farm prices declined and stock prices crashed. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (July 12, 1877, October 17, 1947) was an American Republican politician, who served as the 35th governor of Missouri from 1921 to 1925, and as the United States secretary of agriculture for President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933.
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (July 12, 1877, October 17, 1947) was an American Republican politician, who served as the 35th governor of Missouri from 1921 to 1925, and as the United States secretary of agriculture for President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933.
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During his tenure, farm prices declined, stock prices crashed, and the Great Depression began.
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