URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Harold LeClair
Variants
- Ickes, Harold LeClair, 1874-1952
- Ickes, Harold Le Claire, 1874-1952
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1874-03-15
Death Date
- 1952-02-03
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1918
- Affiliation End: 1919
- Organization: YMCA of the USA
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1922
- Affiliation End: 1922
- Organization: People's Protective League (Illinois)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1933
- Affiliation End: 1946
- Organization: United States. Department of the Interior
Birth Place
- Pennsylvania
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Earlier Established Forms
- Ickes, Harold Le Claire, 1874-1952
Sources
- found: His The new democracy ... c1934.
- found: Lear, L.J. Harold L. Ickes, 1982:title page (Harold L. Ickes) preface (Harold LeClair Ickes)
- found: Webster's Amer. biog., 1979(Ickes, Harold LeClair (1874-1952))
- found: Who was who in America, 1951-1960:(Ickes, Harold L.; lawyer, writer; born Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1874; died February 3, 1952; A.B., University of Chicago, 1897; J.D., 1907; began career as a reporter with Chicago newspapers, 1897-1900; began law practice, Chicago, 1907; became active in municipal reform politics, Chicago, in 1897, working in various capacities in state and local politics; worked with Y.M.C.A in France with 35th Division, A.E.F., April 1918-January 1919; president, People's Protective League, 1922; Secretary of Interior in cabinet of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, 1933-1946; resigned February 15, 1946; also administrator of public works, 1933-1939, and oil administrator under NRA; became solid fuels administrator for war, November 1941-February 1946; also coordinator of fisheries, July 1942-February 1946; also petroleum administrator, May 1941-February 1946; coal mines administrator, 1943-1944; home: Headwaters Farm, Olney, Md.)
- found: Findagrave.com, searched April 15, 2020:(Harold LeClair Ickes; born 15 March 1874 in Chester County, Pa.; died 3 Feb. 1952, Washington, District of Columbia; born on a farm in Pennsylvania) - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15205478/harold-leclair-ickes
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Change Notes
- 1980-06-24: new
- 2020-04-16: revised
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