Claude Raymond Wickard 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.
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture Secretary Wickard plowing Boston Common to promote the National Victory Garden Program (April 11, 1944)
United States Secretary of Agriculture
The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments.
United States Secretary of Agriculture
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