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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George W. Norris

Governor
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
1920 - 1936

Robert S. Parker

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1939 - 1941

John N. Peyton

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
1933 - 1952

George J. Schaller

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
1934 - 1941

George J. Seay

Governor
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1914 - 1936

John S. Sinclair

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
1936 - 1941

Allan Sproul

President
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
1941 - 1956

Lynn P. Talley

Governor
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
1925 - 1931

Alfred H. Williams

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
1941 - 1958

Clifford S. Young

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
1941 - 1956

Roy A. Young

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
1936 - 1942

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