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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Harold L. Ickes |
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Chicago, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 15, 1874
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| Died | February 03, 1952
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
Dec 12, 2003 02:22pm |
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| Info | Harold Ickes was born in Frankstown, Pennsylvania on 15th March, 1874. He attended the University of Chicago and after graduating in 1897 he set himself up as a lawyer. Ickes held progressive political views and often worked for causes he believed in without pay. As a young man he was deeply influenced by the politics of John Altgeld.
Ickes worked for Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election. After the demise of the Progressive Party, Ickes switched to Hiram Johnson and managed his unsuccessful campaign to became a presidential candidate in 1924.
Ickes became a follower of Franklin D. Roosevelt after being impressed by his progressive policies as governor of New York. In 1932 Ickes played an important role in persuading progressive Republicans to support Roosevelt in the presidential election.
In 1933 Roosevelt appointed Ickes as his Secretary of the Interior. This involved running the Public Works Administration (PWA) and over the next six years spent more than $5,000,000,000 on various large-scale projects. Ickes, a strong supporter of civil rights, he worked closely with Walter Francis White of the NAACP to establish quotas for African American workers in PWA projects.
Ickes felt that others in the administration, such as Harry L. Hopkins, had more power and influence over Roosevelt's decision. Ickes did not get on with Harry S. Truman and resigned from his government in 1946 in protest over the appointment of Edwin W. Pauley, Under Secretary of the Navy.
In his final years Ickes wrote a syndicated newspaper column and contributed regularly to the New Republic. Ickes wrote several books including Third Term Bugaboo, Not Guilty and his memoirs, The Autobiography of a Curmudgeon (1943). Harold Ickes died in Washington on 3rd February, 1952. The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes, was published posthumously in 1953.
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| ENDORSEMENTS |
| IA US Senate - D Primary - Jun 06, 1938 |
D |
Otha D. Wearin |
| US President - Jan 04, 1933 |
D |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| IL US President - Nov 08, 1932 |
D |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| IL US President - Nov 06, 1928 |
D |
Alfred E. Smith |
| US President National Vote - Nov 04, 1924 |
R |
Robert M. La Follette |
| IL US President - Nov 04, 1924 |
R |
Robert M. La Follette |
| IL US President - R Primary - Apr 08, 1924 |
R |
Hiram W. Johnson |
| US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1924 |
R |
Hiram W. Johnson |
| IL US President - Nov 02, 1920 |
D |
James M. Cox |
| IL US President - Nov 07, 1916 |
R |
Charles Evans Hughes |
| IL US President - Nov 05, 1912 |
R |
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt |
| Chicago Mayor - Apr 05, 1911 |
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Charles Edward Merriam |
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