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Appointed by
  
Woodrow Wilson


Name
  
Carl Vrooman

Carl Schurz Vrooman

Born
  
October 5, 1872Macon, Georgia (
1872-10-05
)

Died
  
April 8, 1966(1966-04-08) (aged 93)Bloomington, Illinois

Parents
  
Hiram Perkins VroomanSarah Buffington

Carl Schurz Vrooman (October 5, 1872 - April 8, 1966) was the Assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson. He started the victory garden campaign during World War I.

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Biography

He was born in Macon, Georgia to Hiram Perkins Vrooman and Sarah Buffington. On December 28, 1896 he married Julia Green Scott in Chenoa, Illinois.

He died on April 8, 1966 in Bloomington, Illinois.

Archive

His papers are held at the Library of Congress.

Works

  • Carl Schurz Vrooman; Julia Scott Vrooman (1914). The Lure and the Lore of Travel. Sherman-French Publishers. 

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