Henry Wallace

Henry Agard Wallace (1888–1965) was the thirty-third Vice President of the United States (1941–45), the eleventh Secretary of Agriculture (1933–40), and the tenth Secretary of Commerce (1945–46).

Henry Wallace in Worldwar
Henry Wallace (1888-1944) was Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Wallace was killed when the Race destroyed the city of Seattle with an atomic bomb. He predeceased Roosevelt, and in the chaos of the wartorn United States was not replaced as Vice President. When Roosevelt died in 1944, Cordell Hull succeeded him.

Henry Wallace in "News From the Front"
Vice President Henry Wallace publically broke with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, claiming that Roosevelt had been dishonest with the American people in the lead-up to the country's entry into World War II. By 1942, Congress had begun impeachment proceedings. Wallace acknowledged that he would probably be president if Roosevelt was removed from office. Wallace publically stated that only peace could get the country back on track.

Henry Wallace in Southern Victory
Henry "Hank" Wallace was Secretary of the Interior in the Smith Administration. As such, he knew about the U.S. superbomb project in Hanford. When Congresswoman Flora Blackford discovered the discrepancy in the budget that funded the project, she made several calls to the Department of the Interior, including to Wallace's office. She did not speak to Wallace. However, Assistant Secretary of War Franklin D. Roosevelt called her back.

Wallace served until President Smith was killed in 1942. Wallace resigned, and was replaced by Harry Hopkins.