Claude R. Wickard

Claude Wickard
12th United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office
September 5, 1940 – June 29, 1945
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byHenry A. Wallace
Succeeded byClinton Anderson
Personal details
BornClaude Raymond Wickard
(1893-02-28)February 28, 1893
Carroll County, Indiana, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 1967(1967-04-29) (aged 74)
Delphi, Indiana, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseLouise Eckert
Children2
EducationPurdue University, West Lafayette (BS)
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Claude Raymond Wickard (February 28, 1893 – April 29, 1967) was an American Democratic politician who served as the secretary of agriculture during the administrations of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1940 to 1945.

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