Albert J. Loveland

Who was Albert J. Loveland?

Albert Joel "A. J." Loveland, served as Under-Secretary of Agriculture, now known as United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, under President Harry S. Truman. Loveland was appointed to the post by Truman in 1948 and served until March 27, 1950 to run for congress. A member of the Democratic Party, Loveland ran unsuccessfully against Republican Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper for the U.S. Senate election in 1950.

Loveland's first public office was as a member of the Janesville School Board. He was a graduate of Janesville High School and the College of Commerce in Waterloo, Iowa. He was one of the founding members of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration during the Great Depression, later serving chairman of that organization in Iowa. From 1941 until 1945, Loveland was the chairman of the Iowa State War Board for Agriculture.