Charles Franklin Brannan (August 23, 1903 to July 2, 1992) was the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1948 to 1953, a liberal Democrat best known for proposing the Brannan Plan, which a conservative Congress rejected and which never took effect. He was the last surviving member of Harry S. Truman's cabinet at the time of his death.
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Defining ContributionAs United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1948 to 1953, Brannan proposed the Brannan Plan to guarantee farm income through federal price supports, a proposal a conservative Congress rejected. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Charles Franklin Brannan (August 23, 1903, July 2, 1992) was the United States secretary of agriculture from 1948 to 1953.
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Brannan was born in Denver, Colorado on August 23, 1903.
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He was a liberal Democrat best known for proposing the "Brannan Plan", which was rejected by a conservative Congress and never took effect.
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Charles Franklin Brannan (August 23, 1903, July 2, 1992) was the United States secretary of agriculture from 1948 to 1953.
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