Claude R. Wickard

Claude Raymond Wickard
12th United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office September 5, 1940 – June 29, 1945
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Henry A. Wallace
Succeeded by	Clinton P. Anderson
Personal details
Born	(1893-02-28)February 28, 1893 Carroll County, Indiana, United States
Died	April 29, 1967(1967-04-29) (aged 74) Delphi, Indiana, United States
Resting place	Maple Lawn Cemetery, Flora, Indiana, United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Louise Eckert Wickard (1892 – 1966)
Children	Betty Jane Wickard Ann Louise Wickard
Parents	Andrew Jackson Wickard Iva Kirkpatrick Wickard
Alma mater	Purdue University (1915)
Profession	Politician
Religion	United Brethren Church

Claude Raymond Wickard (February 28, 1893 – April 29, 1967) was a 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.^[1]

Biography

Wickard was born on his family farm in Carroll County, Indiana, near Camden, on February 28, 1893. He was born to Iva Lenora (née Kirkpatrick) and Andrew Jackson Wickard. He graduated from Purdue University in 1915 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture, and was chosen as "Master Farmer of Indiana" in 1927, for his improvements in stock feeding and farming.

He was elected from the Indiana Senate in 1932, and was appointed as Undersecretary of Agriculture. When Henry A. Wallace resigned as the Secretary of Agriculture in September 1940 to run for Vice-President in the 1940 presidential election, Wickard was appointed to the post.

1951 Special passport issued for official trip to India.

During World War II, Wickard headed the War Food Administration, promoting increased farmer production as a matter of patriotism. His slogan was "Food Will Win the War and Write the Peace." He resigned on June 29, 1945, to become Chief of the Rural Electrification Administration, where he served until 1953. He ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1956, losing to incumbent Homer E. Capehart.

Wickard was killed in an automobile accident and died on April 29, 1967. Reportedly, he ran a stop sign at the intersection of Indiana State Road 18 and the U.S. Highway 421 near Delphi, Indiana, and his vehicle was hit by a crushed-stone truck. He is interred in Maple Lawn Cemetery in Flora, Indiana.^[2]

See also

• Sliced bread#1943 U.S. ban on sliced bread
• Wickard v. Filburn

References

External links

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United States Secretaries of Agriculture
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Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–45)
Vice President	John N. Garner (1933–41) Henry A. Wallace (1941–45) Harry S. Truman (1945)
Secretary of State	Cordell Hull (1933–44) Edward R. Stettinius Jr. (1944–45)
Secretary of the Treasury	William Hartman Woodin (1933–34) Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1934–45)
Secretary of War	George H. Dern (1933–36) Harry H. Woodring (1936–40) Henry L. Stimson (1940–45)
Attorney General	Homer S. Cummings (1933–39) Frank Murphy (1939–40) Robert H. Jackson (1940–41) Francis B. Biddle (1941–45)
Postmaster General	James A. Farley (1933–40) Frank C. Walker (1940–45)
Secretary of the Navy	Claude A. Swanson (1933–39) Charles Edison (1940) Frank Knox (1940–44) James V. Forrestal (1944–45)
Secretary of the Interior	Harold L. Ickes (1933–45)
Secretary of Agriculture	Henry A. Wallace (1933–40) Claude Raymond Wickard (1940–45)
Secretary of Commerce	Daniel C. Roper (1933–38) Harry L. Hopkins (1938–40) Jesse H. Jones (1940–45) Henry A. Wallace (1945)
Secretary of Labor	Frances Perkins (1933–45)
Informal	Black Cabinet

Cabinet of President Harry S. Truman (1945–53)
Vice President	None (1945–49) Alben W. Barkley (1949–53)
Secretary of State	Edward R. Stettinius Jr. (1945) James F. Byrnes (1945–47) George C. Marshall (1947–49) Dean G. Acheson (1949–53)
Secretary of the Treasury	Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1945) Fred M. Vinson (1945–46) John W. Snyder (1946–53)
Secretary of War	Henry L. Stimson (1945) Robert P. Patterson (1945–47) Kenneth C. Royall (1947)
Secretary of Defense	James V. Forrestal (1947–49) Louis A. Johnson (1949–50) George C. Marshall (1950–51) Robert A. Lovett (1951–53)
Attorney General	Francis B. Biddle (1945) Tom C. Clark (1945–49) J. Howard McGrath (1949–52) James P. McGranery (1952–53)
Postmaster General	Frank C. Walker (1945) Robert E. Hannegan (1945–47) Jesse Monroe Donaldson (1947–53)
Secretary of the Navy	James V. Forrestal (1945–47)
Secretary of the Interior	Harold L. Ickes (1945–46) Julius A. Krug (1946–49) Oscar Littleton Chapman (1949–53)
Secretary of Agriculture	Claude Raymond Wickard (1945) Clinton P. Anderson (1945–48) Charles F. Brannan (1948–53)
Secretary of Commerce	Henry A. Wallace (1945–46) W. Averell Harriman (1946–48) Charles Sawyer (1948–53)
Secretary of Labor	Frances Perkins (1945) Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1945–48) Maurice J. Tobin (1948–53)