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  • Born

    Born
    Henry A. Wallace was born to parents Henry C. Wallace and May Wallace in Orient IA.

  • Hybrid Corn

    Hybrid Corn
    Henry displayed the first hybrid corn to public viewers.

  • Commerical Hybrid Corn

    Commerical Hybrid Corn
    Wallace devolopes the fisrt commercial hybrid corn.

  • Seed Corn Company Established

    Seed Corn Company Established
    Wallace founded the world's first and most successful - hybrid corn company known as "H--Bred Corn Co." It is now known as "Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc"

  • Great Depression Begins

    Great Depression Begins
    The Great Depression

  • Dust Bowl Begins

    Dust Bowl Begins
    The Dust Bowl Begins

  • Secretary of Agriculture

    Secretary of Agriculture
    Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Wallace as the Secretary of Agriculture.

  • Vice Presidency

    Vice Presidency
    Elected as Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Secretary of Commerce

    Secretary of Commerce
    Wallace is appointed as Secretary of Commerce under Harry S. Truman.

  • Died

    Died
    Wallace died from ALS (Lou Gherigs disease) in Danbury, CT. His remains were cremated at Grace Cemetery in Bridgeport, CT., and the ashes interred in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.