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Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945)
Henry Agard Wallace was born on October 7, 1888, near Orient, Iowa. He shared a name with his grandfather and father as well as their prominence as agricultural leaders.
His grandfather was a former Presbyterian minister who edited the Iowa Homestead and converted a small farm journal into Wallace's Farmer, an agricultural newsletter widely read throughout the Midwest.
His father served as secretary of agriculture in the administrations of Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge until his death in 1924.
Why was henry wallace importantHenry Agard, after finishing his studies in agriculture at Iowa State College, took over the editorship of Wallace's Farmer when his father departed for Washington, D.C. In addition to editing, Wallace also experimented continually between 1913 and 1933 in breeding high-yielding strains of corn.
In 1926, he created the Hi-Bred Corn Company, a firm which marketed the first high-yield, disease resistant corn for commercial sale. Although his