Harold L. Ickes

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Harold L. Ickes


Born
March 15, 1874

Died
February 03, 1952

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Harold LeClair Ickes was an American administrator and politician. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest-serving Cabinet member in U.S. history after James Wilson. Ickes and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency.

Ickes was responsible for implementing much of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal". He was in charge of the major relief program, the Public Works Administration (PWA), and in charge of the federal government's environmental efforts.

In his day, he was considered a prominent liberal spokesman, a skillful orato
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The Secret Diary of Harold ...

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Back to Work; the Story of PWA

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Back to Work: The Story of Pwa

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Fightin' Oil

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