Charles F. Brannan

Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan
14th United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office
June 2, 1948 – January 20, 1953
President Harry Truman
Preceded by Clinton Presba Anderson
Succeeded by Ezra Taft Benson
Personal details
Born August 23, 1903
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died July 2, 1992(1992-07-02) (aged 88)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political party Democratic Party
Alma mater Regis University
University of Denver Law
Religion Quaker

Charles Franklin Brannan (August 23, 1903 – July 2, 1992) was the Secretary of Agriculture from 1948 to 1953. [1]

He was born in Denver, Colorado, and received his law degree from the University of Denver law school in 1929. Beginning in 1935, he held a series of legal and administrative position with the United States government, culminating as the Secretary of Agriculture in 1948.

In 1949, he advocated the Brannan plan, as part of president Truman's Fair Deal program. Brannan wanted to guarantee farmer's income, while letting the free market forces determine the prices of commodities. That plan was not enacted by the Republican controlled congress, which was focusing on the Cold War.

After leaving the government following the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953, Brannan became the general counsel of the National Farmer's Union (United States) until 1990. He died on July 2, 1992, in Denver, Colorado. Prior to his death, Brannan had been the last surviving member of the Truman Cabinet.

References

  1. ^ "Charles F. Brannan Papers". The Truman Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/brannan.htm. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 

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Political offices
Preceded by
Clinton Presba Anderson		 United States Secretary of Agriculture
Served under: Harry S. Truman
1948–1953		 Succeeded by
Ezra Taft Benson
v · d · eUnited States Secretaries of Agriculture
Coleman • Rusk • Morton • Wilson • Houston • Meredith • HC Wallace • Gore • Jardine • Hyde • HA Wallace • Wickard • Anderson • Brannan • Benson • Freeman • Hardin • Butz • Knebel • Bergland • Block • Lyng • Yeutter • Madigan • Espy • Glickman • Veneman • Johanns • Schafer • Vilsack
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v · d · eCabinet of President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
Vice President
None (1945–1949) • Alben W. Barkley (1949–1953)
 Harry S. Truman, thirty-third President of the United States
Secretary of State
Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1945) • James F. Byrnes (1945–1947) • George Marshall (1947–1949) • Dean Acheson (1949–1953)
Secretary of War
Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal (1947–1949) • Louis Arthur Johnson (1949–1950) • George Marshall (1950–1951) • Robert A. Lovett (1951–1953)
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1945) • Fred M. Vinson (1945–1946) • John W. Snyder (1946–1953)
Attorney General
Francis Biddle (1945) • Tom C. Clark (1945–1949) • J. Howard McGrath (1949–1952) • James P. McGranery (1952–1953)
Postmaster General
Frank Comerford Walker (1945) • Robert E. Hannegan (1945–1947) • Jesse M. Donaldson (1947–1953)
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal (1945–1947)
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes (1945–1946) • Julius A. Krug (1946–1949) • Oscar L. Chapman (1949–1953)
Secretary of the Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard (1945) • Clinton P. Anderson (1945–1948) • Charles F. Brannan (1948–1953)
Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace (1945–1946) • William Averell Harriman (1946–1948) • Charles W. Sawyer (1948–1953)
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins (1945) • Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1945–1948) • Maurice J. Tobin (1948–1953)



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