Henry Cantwell Wallace (May 11, 1866 to October 25, 1924) was an American farmer, journalist and political activist who served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924 under Republican presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. He edited the farm journal Wallaces' Farmer from 1916 to 1921. He was the father of Henry A. Wallace, who followed him as Secretary of Agriculture and later became vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Defining ContributionAs Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Wallace promoted programs for American farmers struggling against over-production and the collapse of farm prices after World War I, and the department established the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Bureau of Home Economics during his tenure. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (May 11, 1866, October 25, 1924) was an American farmer, journalist, and political activist who served as the secretary of agriculture from 1921 to 1924 under Republican presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (May 11, 1866, October 25, 1924) was an American farmer, journalist, and political activist who served as the secretary of agriculture from 1921 to 1924 under Republican presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
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Wallace promoted programs for American farmers struggling against over-production and the collapse of farm prices after World War I ended.
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