Carl Schurz Vrooman

Carl Schurz Vrooman (October 25, 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.
Vroomanwas born in Macon, Missouri to Judge Hiram Perkins Vrooman and Sarah Buffington. Walter Vrooman was his elder brother. On December 28, 1896 he married Julia Green Scott in Chenoa, Illinois. As Julia Scott's father had died, Adlai Stevenson I gave her away at their wedding.
He died on April 8, 1966 in Bloomington, Illinois. His papers are held at the Library of Congress.