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  • NAME: Harry Hopkins
  • OCCUPATION: Political Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: August 17, 1890
  • DEATH DATE: January 29, 1946
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Sioux City, Iowa
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
  • Full Name: Harry Lloyd Hopkins

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One of the closest advisers to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins helped architect the New Deal and created the Works Progress Administration (WPA).


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Born in Iowa in 1890, Harry Hopkins was a social worker who went on to become perhaps the closest personal adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt. He helped architect the New Deal and created the Works Progress Administration.

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