Article: Hopkins, Harry Lloyd

HOPKINS, HARRY LLOYD


Harry Hopkins (1890 1946) was one of the major architects and managers of the New Deal during the Great Depression (1929 1939) and he was a major U.S. policymaker during World War II (1939 1945). Brought to Washington, DC, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 1945) to administer public relief programs during the Depression, Hopkins went on to become one of Roosevelt's closest advisors during World War II.

Harry Lloyd Hopkins was the younger of two children born to David and Anna Hopkins. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1890, and grew up largely in Grinnell, Iowa.

His father was a moderately successful traveling salesman who ...

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