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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.
Appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Harding in 1921, Henry C. Wallace promoted programs for American farmers struggling against over-production and the collapse of farm prices following the first World War.
Henry C. Wallace. An agricultural journalist and secretary of agriculture in the Harding administration, Henry Cantwell Wallace was one of the founders and for many years associate editor and editor of Wallaces' Farmer.
The first Henry Wallace came to Iowa in 1862 as a Presbyterian minister, and co-founded Wallaces’ Farmer agricultural journal with his sons Henry C. and John in 1895. His wife Nancy Cantwell Wallace, a journalist in her own right, edited the paper’s Hearts and Homes column.
15 de feb. de 2019 · Henry C. Wallace failed to restore prosperity to farmers in the depression after World War I due to the opposition of President Harding. His son Henry A. Wallace succeeded in the Great Depression thanks to strong support of President Roosevelt.
Wallace's principal solution to what he saw as the primary weakness of agriculture grew naturally out of his analysis of American society. Viewing the United States as an arena of conflicting forces, he held that the country was composed of three basic "classes"-agriculture, labor, and capital.
13 de dic. de 2023 · Henry Cantwell Wallace, Senior. Portrait bust of pioneer agricultural researcher at Iowa State College, and father of United States Vice President Henry A. Wallace. Cantwell Wallace was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Warren G. Harding and publisher of Wallace’s Farmer magazine. Cite. Social. Download. last released. 4 months ago.
