Henry Morgenthau Jr.

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Henry Morgenthau Jr. was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for financing the New Deal and World War II and for his prominent role in shaping wartime economic and refugee policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party politician
United States Secretary of the Treasury
diplomat
farmer
human
politician
appointedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
authored Germany is Our Problem
birthDate 1891-05-11
birthPlace New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
child Henry Morgenthau III
closeFriend President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1967-02-06
deathPlace Poughkeepsie, New York
educatedAt Cornell University
Phillips Exeter Academy
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Morgenthau
father Henry Morgenthau Sr.
fullName Henry Morgenthau Jr. self-link
givenName Henry
knownFor advocacy on behalf of European Jewish refugees
role in creation of the War Refugee Board
shaping U.S. wartime economic policy during World War II
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
mother Josephine Sykes
notableIdea Morgenthau Plan
notableWork financing United States participation in World War II
financing the New Deal
occupation civil servant
farmer
politician
participatedIn New Deal
World War II
positionHeld Chairman of the United States Advisory Committee on Political Refugees
Chairman of the United States Farm Credit Administration
Governor of the Federal Farm Board
Secretary of the Treasury
surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury
predecessor William H. Woodin
religion Judaism
residence Fishkill
surface form: Fishkill, New York

Hyde Park, New York
servedInCabinetOf President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signatureImage Henry Morgenthau Jr Signature.svg
spouse Elinor Fatman
successor Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
surface form: Fred M. Vinson
termEnd 1945-07-22
termStart 1934-01-01

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War Refugee Board boardMember Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Committee on Economic Security hasMember Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Harry Dexter White workedUnder Henry Morgenthau Jr.
WRB hasChairperson Henry Morgenthau Jr.
subject surface form: War Refugee Board
Henry Morgenthau Jr. fullName Henry Morgenthau Jr. self-link
Section of Painting and Sculpture foundedBy Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury Henry Morgenthau Jr.
subject surface form: Fred M. Vinson
Morgenthau notableMember Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Morgenthau father Henry Morgenthau Jr.
subject surface form: Robert M. Morgenthau
Morgenthau proposedBy Henry Morgenthau Jr.
subject surface form: Morgenthau Plan
Morgenthau Plan namedAfter Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Morgenthau Plan proposedBy Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Elinor Fatman spouse Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Germany is Our Problem author Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau Sr. fatherOf Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau III notableFamilyMember Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau III father Henry Morgenthau Jr.
World War II war bond drive notableParticipant Henry Morgenthau Jr.
this entity surface form: Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Josephine Sykes hasChild Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Josephine Sykes motherOf Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Josephine Sykes relative Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Robert M. Morgenthau father Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Rita Wallach Morgenthau relative Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Barbara Tuchman relative Henry Morgenthau Jr.