Harry hopkins a biography
- The life story of the man behind FDR, the New Deal and the Allied strategy in World War II. Illustrated with a section of photographs.
- Harold Lloyd Hopkins was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor.
- Harold Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor.
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Reading the Best Biographies of All Time
The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler
by David Roll
520 pages
Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 2013
“The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler” by David Roll was published in 2013. Roll is a senior partner at Steptoe & Johnson (a DC-based law firm) and previously served as Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission. He is also the author of a biography of General George Marshall which I read earlier this year.
Readers acquainting themselves with Franklin Roosevelt invariably become enamored with two people central to FDR’s orbit: Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins. I read David Michaelis’s biography of Eleanor shortly after its release in 2020. And I’ve finally gotten around to this somewhat older – but marvelously compelling – biography of FDR’s closest political advisor.
Harry Hopkins (1890-1946) began his professional career managing humanitarian and social relief agencies. During th
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Harry Hopkins
American New Deal administrator and WWII diplomat (1890–1946)
For other uses, see Harry Hopkins (disambiguation).
Harry Hopkins | |
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| In office December 24, 1938 – September 18, 1940 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Daniel C. Roper |
| Succeeded by | Jesse H. Jones |
| In office May 6, 1935 – December 24, 1938 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Francis C. Harrington |
| In office May 12, 1933 – May 6, 1935 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office November 8, 1933 – March 31, 1934 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Born | Harold Lloyd Hopkins (1890-08-17)August 17, 1890 Sioux City, Iowa U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1946(1946-01-29) (aged 55) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Ethel Gross (m. 1913;&
Harry HopkinsHarry Hopkins was one of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s closest advisors. He was a chief architect the New Deal, spearheading the creation of the Works Progress Administration. Early Life and Social WorkHarry Lloyd Hopkins was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1890. After graduating from Grinnell College, he went to work at a social settlement in a ghetto of New York City’s Lower East Side. In 1913, he went to work for the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (AICP) as “friendly visitor” and became superintendent of the Employment Bureau. When World War I started, Hopkins moved to New Orleans with his wife and family to work for the Red Cross as director of Civilian Relief, Gulf Division. In 1922, Hopkins moved back to New York City to assume the role of general director of the New York Tuberculosis Association. One year later, he was elected president of the American Association of Social Workers (AASW) and played a key role in drafting its charter. Hopkins first worked with Roosevelt when he was Governor of New York. FDR tapped H Copyright ©yambump.pages.dev 2025 |