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People: Great Depression

A bread line at Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, during the Great Depression
The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy lasted more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending during World War II in 1941.

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Eugene I. Meyer
Eugene I. Meyer

Governor [Chair]
Federal Reserve Board
1930 - 1933

Edmund  Platt
Edmund Platt

Vice Governor [Vice Chair]
Federal Reserve Board
1920 - 1930

J.J.  Thomas
J.J. Thomas

Vice Chair
Board of Governors
1934 - 1936

Joseph A. Broderick
Joseph A. Broderick

Governor
Board of Governors
1936 - 1937

Edward H. Cunningham
Edward H. Cunningham

Member
Federal Reserve Board
1923 - 1930

Ernest G. Draper
Ernest G. Draper

Governor
Board of Governors
1938 - 1950

Marriner S. Eccles
Marriner S. Eccles

Chairman
Board of Governors
1936 - 1948

Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin

Member
Federal Reserve Board
1916 - 1936

George R. James
George R. James

Member
Board of Governors
1923 - 1936

Wayland W. Magee
Wayland W. Magee

Member
Federal Reserve Board
1931 - 1933

John K. McKee
John K. McKee

Governor
Board of Governors
1936 - 1946

Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon

Ex Officio Chairman
Federal Reserve Board
1921 - 1932

Adolph C. Miller
Adolph C. Miller

Member
Board of Governors
1914 - 1936

Ogden  Mills
Ogden Mills

Ex Officio Chairman
Federal Reserve Board
1932 - 1933

Henry  Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau Jr.

Ex Officio Chairman
Board of Governors
1934 - 1936

Ralph W. Morrison
Ralph W. Morrison

Member
Board of Governors
1936 - 1936

James F. T. O'Connor
James F. T. O'Connor

Member
Board of Governors
1933 - 1936

John W. Pole
John W. Pole

Ex Officio Member
Federal Reserve Board
1928 - 1932

Ronald  Ransom
Ronald Ransom

Vice Chair
Board of Governors
1936 - 1947

M.S.  Szymczak
M.S. Szymczak

Member
Board of Governors
1933 - 1961

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