Henry Cantwell Wallace

Henry Cantwell Wallace
7th United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office March 5, 1921 – October 25, 1924
Preceded by	Edwin T. Meredith
Succeeded by	Howard M. Gore
Born	1866 Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Died	1924 USA
Religion	Presbyterian

Henry Cantwell Wallace (May 11, 1866 – October 25, 1924) was a United States farm leader. He served as the Secretary of Agriculture between 1921 and 1924. He was the father of Henry Agard Wallace. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer 1916-1921.

Biography

Son of "Uncle Henry", who was a prominent farm journalist and counselor to statesmen, Henry C. (Harry) Wallace was born in Rock Island, Illinois. His grandfather, John Wallace (1805-1872), was an immigrant from County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]. He graduated from and was a professor of dairy science at Iowa State College. He farmed near Orient, Iowa, where his son Henry A. Wallace was born. Harry handled much of the daily details at Wallaces' Farmer and became editor when his father died. Harry Wallace helped establish 4-H clubs and extension programs in Iowa, and helped start the Iowa Farm Bureau.

He served as the longtime president of the Cornbelt Meat Producers Association. Appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Warren G. Harding in 1921, Harry Wallace promoted programs for American farmers struggling against over-production and the collapse of farm prices following the First World War. He continued to serve when the Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, succeeded to the Presidency on the death of President Harding in 1923 but he himself died in office just 10 days before the next election in 1924. His book, Our Debt and Duty to the Farmer, was published posthumously.

Gallery

Henry Wallace with a Jersey cow in 1922

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Agriculture Coleman • Rusk • Morton • Wilson • Houston • Meredith • HC Wallace • Gore • Jardine • Hyde • HA Wallace • Wickard • Anderson • Brannan • Benson • Freeman • Hardin • Butz • Knebel • Bergland • Block • Lyng • Yeutter • Madigan • Espy • Glickman • Veneman • Johanns • Schafer • Vilsack

v • d • e Cabinet of President Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) Vice President Calvin Coolidge (1921–1923) Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes (1921–1923) Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon (1921–1923) Secretary of War John W. Weeks (1921–1923) Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (1921–1923) Postmaster General Will H. Hays (1921–1922) • Hubert Work (1922–1923) • Harry Stewart New (1923) Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (1921–1923) Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall (1921–1923) • Hubert Work (1923) Secretary of Agriculture Henry Cantwell Wallace (1921–1923) Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (1921–1923) Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (1921–1923)

v • d • e Cabinet of President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Vice President None (1923-1925) • Charles G. Dawes (1925-1929) Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes (1923-1925) • Frank B. Kellogg (1925-1929) Secretary of War John W. Weeks (1923-1925) • Dwight F. Davis (1925-1929) Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon (1923-1929) Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (1923-1924) • Harlan F. Stone (1924-1925) • John G. Sargent (1925-1929) Postmaster General Harry Stewart New (1923-1929) Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (1923-1924) • Curtis D. Wilbur (1924-1929) Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work (1923-1928) • Roy Owen West (1928-1929) Secretary of the Agriculture Henry Cantwell Wallace (1923-1924) • Howard Mason Gore (1924-1925) • William Marion Jardine (1925-1929) Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (1923-1928) • William F. Whiting (1928-1929) Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (1923-1929)