Henry Cantwell Wallace
| Henry C. Wallace | |
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| 7th United States Secretary of Agriculture | |
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In office March 5, 1921 – October 25, 1924 |
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| President |
Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Edwin T. Meredith |
| Succeeded by | Howard M. Gore |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Henry Cantwell Wallace May 11, 1866 Rock Island, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 1924 (aged 58) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Carrie May Brodhead Wallace (1887–1924, his death) |
| Children | James W. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Annabelle Wallace John B. Wallace Ruth W. Wallace Nancy Wallace |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Henry Cantwell "Harry" 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. He was the father of Henry A. Wallace, who would follow in his footsteps as Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer from 1916 to 1921.
Born May 11, 1866 in Rock Island, Illinois, Wallace was the first child and son of Henry Wallace, Sr. and Nancy "Nannie" (née Cantwell) Wallace. John Wallace, the father of Wallace, Sr., immigrated from Ireland and owned a farm in western Pennsylvania, which Wallace, Sr. worked on as a child with his seven siblings. He moved west at 18 and became a Presbyterian minister. Wallace Sr. married, Nancy Cantwell, the daughter of an Ohio politician, in 1863.
Wallace, Sr. moved the family to Winterset, Iowa in 1877 on a doctor's recommendation. The family managed farm lands in Adair County, and Wallace, Sr.'s health improved significantly. He then became involved with the local newspaper business and bought the Winterset Chronicle and the Madisonian, and wrote for both from a Republican perspective. HeHe worked as his father's apprentice in the journalism business. In 1883, Wallace, Sr. was named an editor for the Iowa Homestead, the largest farming publication in Iowa, and moved to Des Moines to be closer to his work.
HeHe left Winterset in 1885 to attend Iowa State Agricultural College, now Iowa State University; he left the college in 1887 and later said "very little agriculture was taught [at the school]". He married Carrie May (Brodhead) Wallace, whom he met at the college, on November 27, 1887. The two returned to Adair County to become tenant farmers on his father's land. The couple had two children while they lived on the farm: Henry Agard was born on October 7, 1888, and Annabelle Wallace was born on November 8, 1891. They eventually had six children together.
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