Claude R. Wickard

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Claude R. Wickard was the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, best known for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn that expanded federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
farmer
government official
human
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
areaOfInfluence United States agricultural policy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Purdue University
employer United States Department of Agriculture
era New Deal era
World War II era
familyName Wickard
fieldOfWork agricultural policy
farm regulation
fullName Claude Raymond Wickard
gender male
givenName Claude
hasHonor induction into the Agricultural Hall of Fame
languageSpoken English
legalCase Wickard v. Filburn
legalCaseOutcomeAssociatedWith broad interpretation of the Commerce Clause
legalCaseRole named party in Wickard v. Filburn
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
notableFor administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
administration of wartime agricultural production
expansion of federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause
implementation of New Deal farm programs
notableWork Wickard v. Filburn
occupation cabinet secretary
farmer
politician
officeEndTime 1945
officeStartTime 1940
participatedIn World War II home-front mobilization
partOf Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt
placeOfOrigin Indiana
positionHeld Undersecretary of Agriculture of the United States
United States Secretary of Agriculture
member of the Indiana General Assembly
predecessor Henry A. Wallace
religion Methodism
residence Indiana
subjectOf Wickard v. Filburn
successor Clinton P. Anderson NERFINISHED
workedOn food rationing policies during World War II
price supports for agricultural commodities
production quotas for farmers
workLocation Washington, D.C.

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Claude R. Wickard ("Claude Raymond Wickard")
fullName
Wickard v. Filburn
hasRespondent
Roscoe C. Filburn ("Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard")
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