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Harold LeClair Ickes (/ ˈ ɪ k ə s / IK-əs; March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 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 ...
Harold LeClair Ickes (Altoona (Pensilvania), 15 de marzo de 1874-Washington D. C., 3 de febrero de 1952) fue un político estadounidense, que sirvió como funcionario de la administración de Franklin Delano Roosevelt casi de forma ininterrumpida desde 1933 hasta la muerte de Roosevelt en 1945.
Harold L. Ickes (born March 15, 1874, Frankstown Township, Pa., U.S.—died Feb. 3, 1952, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. social activist who became a prominent member of the New Deal Democratic administration of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Harold LeClair Ickes ( Altoona (Pensilvania), 15 de marzo de 1874- Washington D. C., 3 de febrero de 1952) fue un político estadounidense, que sirvió como funcionario de la administración de Franklin Delano Roosevelt casi de forma ininterrumpida desde 1933 hasta la muerte de Roosevelt en 1945.
He would serve Roosevelt as secretary of the interior from 1933 to 1945. Ickes was also a member of the National Recovery Administration and acted as custodian of the nation's natural resources; in May 1941, Roosevelt made him Petroleum Coordinator for the National Defense.
A stalwart supporter of civil rights and civil liberties, Ickes (a former president of the Chicago NAACP) lent his strong support to the African American contralto Marian Anderson when the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to perform in its Constitution Hall, and was a vocal critic of the World War II internment of ...
14 de may. de 2024 · As secretary of the interior from 1933 to 1946, Harold Ickes (1874–1952) was a key architect of liberal principles through the depression and World War II.
