FDR Cabinet Flashcards
What was different about FDR’s cabinet? (first time in history)
all sworn in at once
VP; 1933-1941
J.N. Garner
VP; 1941-1945
H. Wallace
VP; 1/1945 - 4/1945Really strict about spending money
H. Truman
Secretary of State; 1933-1944”Good Neighbor Policy” WWII, Won Nobel Peace Prize 1945, served longer than any other
Cordell Hull
Secretary of State; 1944-stayed on for Truman
E. Stettinius Jr.
Secretary of Treasury; 3/1933 - 12/1933
W. Woodin
Secretary of Treasury; 1934-1945Longtime friend, dealt with revenue during Depression and war bonds
H. Morgenthau
Secretary of War; 1933-1936
G. Dern
Secretary of War; 1936-1940Objected to aid to Allies
H. Woodring
Secretary of War; 1940-1945Supported Lend-Lease, atomic program, stayed on for Truman
H. Stimson
*Attorney General; 1933-1939Dealt with constitutionality of New Deal, court packing scheme
H. Cummings
Attorney General; 1939-1940resigned to go on Supreme Court
F. Murphy
Attorney General; 1940-1943Left for Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
Attorney General; 1941-1945Internment of Japanese Americans
F. Biddle