Harold L. Ickes

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human journalist lawyer politician

Harold L. Ickes was a prominent New Deal-era U.S. politician who served as Secretary of the Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt and played a key role in implementing major public works and conservation programs.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → journalist → lawyer → politician →
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
burialPlace	Rock Creek Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	heart ailment →
child	Harold M. Ickes →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1874-03-15 →
dateOfDeath	1952-02-03 →
describedBySource	New Deal historical literature →
educatedAt	University of Chicago →
employer	United States Department of the Interior →
endTime (Secretary of the Interior)	1946 →
ethnicGroup	German American →
familyName	Ickes →
fullName	Harold LeClair Ickes →
givenName	Harold →
hasRole	key New Deal administrator →
knownFor	advocacy for conservation → opposition to political corruption → reforming and cleaning up the Interior Department → support for civil rights for African Americans →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
notableWork	administration of conservation programs → implementation of New Deal public works programs → oversight of public lands and natural resources →
occupation	journalist → lawyer → politician →
participatedIn	New Deal → Public Works Administration →
placeOfBirth	Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	Administrator of the Public Works Administration → United States Secretary of the Interior →
religion	agnosticism →
residence	Chicago, Illinois → Washington, D.C. →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Anna Wilmarth Ickes → Jane Dahlman Ickes →
startTime (Secretary of the Interior)	1933 →
workPeriodEnd	1946 →
workPeriodStart	1933 →
wrote	autobiographical writings → political commentary →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Public Works Administration → Public Works Administration →	director
Harold L. Ickes ("Harold M. Ickes") →	child
Harold L. Ickes ("Harold LeClair Ickes") →	fullName
Committee on Economic Security ("Harold Ickes") →	hasMember
Public Works Administration →	headOfGovernmentBody
Public Works Administration →	keyPerson
Public Works Administration →	positionHeldBy