Henry A. Wallace
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Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States, serving from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th
Official portrait, 1940
Wallace's father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, served as secretary of agriculture from 1921 to his death in 1924.
Wallace in his office at the Department of Agriculture, 1938
Wallace c. 1940
John Nance Garner
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John Nance Garner III, known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of t
Henry A. Wallace
…to commit to either retiring or seeking reelection during his second term, supporters of Wallace and other leading Democrats such as Vice President John Nance Garner and Postmaster General James Farley laid the groundwork for their presidential campaigns in the 1940 election. After the outbreak of World War II in…
Portrait, c. 1930s
Portrait by C. M. Bell, 1903
Speaker Garner meets with Bonus Army Commander Walter W. Waters, July 1932
Garner in the 1930s