Hugh Samuel Johnson
Military Person
1881 – 1942
Who was Hugh Samuel Johnson?
Hugh Samuel "Iron Pants" Johnson American Army officer, businessman, speech writer, government official and newspaper columnist. He is best known as a member of the Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932-34. He wrote numerous speeches for FDR and helped plan the New Deal. Appointed head of the National Recovery Administration in 1933, he was highly energetic in his "blue eagle" campaign to reorganize American business to reduce competition and raise wages and prices. Schlesinger and Ohl conclude that he was an excellent organizer, but that he was also domineering, abusive, outspoken, and unable to work harmoniously with his peers. The NRA was terminated by a ruling of the Supreme Court, and Johnson left the administration after a little more than a year.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1881
Fort Scott - Also known as
- Iron Pants Johnson
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Apr 15, 1942
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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