Harold L. Ickes
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Harold LeClair Ickes was an American administrator, politician and lawyer. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 13 years from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to h
Ickes c. 1938
Ickes in the University of Chicago yearbook, 1907
Ickes's Secretary of the Interior Nomination
Secretary Ickes addresses the crowd gathered at the dedication of Hoover Dam (then Boulder Dam)
Frances Perkins
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Frances Perkins was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Pa
Harold L. Ickes
…longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest-serving Cabinet member in U.S. history after James Wilson. Ickes and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only original members of the Roosevelt Cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency. Ickes was responsible for implementing many…
Perkins, 1905–1945
Perkins at her desk c. 1919
Secretary of Labor Perkins on the cover of Time (August 14, 1933)
President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, with Perkins among those witnessing the signing (third from right)