Claude R. Wickard

Claude Raymond Wickard (February 28, 1893 – April 29, 1967) was an American

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 he was chosen as "Master Farmer of Indiana" in 1927 for his improvements in stock feeding and farming.

He was elected from the

He was on the winning side in

During

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

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.^[3]

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Miller Center-Claude R. Wickard". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
2. ^ Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942).
3. ^ Secretary killed in Indiana Crash

External links

• Claude R. Wickard at Find a Grave

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Party political offices
Preceded by Alexander M. Campbell	Class 3) 1956	Succeeded by Birch Bayh
Political offices
Preceded by Henry A. Wallace	U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Served under: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman September 5, 1940 - June 29, 1945	Succeeded by Clinton P. Anderson

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