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==Family== In 1913, Wallace met [[Ilo Wallace|Ilo Browne]], the daughter of a successful businessman from [[Indianola, Iowa]].<ref>Culver & Hyde (2000), pp. 39β40</ref> Wallace and Browne married on May 20, 1914, and had three children.<ref name="auto1"/> Henry Browne (b. 1915), Robert Browne (b. 1918), and Jean Browne (b. 1920).<ref name="auto">Culver & Hyde (2000), p. 49</ref> Wallace and his family lived in Des Moines until Wallace accepted appointment as secretary of agriculture, at which point they began living in an apartment at [[Marriott Wardman Park|Wardman Park]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Culver & Hyde (2000), pp. 187β188, 256</ref> In 1945, Wallace and his wife purchased a 115-acre farm near [[South Salem, New York]], known as Farvue.<ref>Culver & Hyde (2000), pp. 402β403</ref> Ilo was supportive of her husband's career and enjoyed serving as [[Second Lady of the United States]] from 1941 to 1945, though she was uncomfortable with many of Wallace's Progressive supporters during his 1948 presidential campaign.<ref>Culver & Hyde (2000), pp. 187β188, 496β497</ref> Wallace and Ilo remained married until his death in 1965; she lived until 1981. In 1999, Wallace's three children sold their shares in [[Pioneer Hi Bred International|Pioneer Hi-Bred]] to [[DuPont]] for well over $1 billion.<ref name="auto"/> Wallace's grandson, Scott Wallace, won the Democratic nomination for [[Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district]] in the [[2018 United States elections|2018 elections]]. He was defeated by Republican incumbent [[Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)|Brian Fitzpatrick]] in the general election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Otterbein |first1=Holly |last2=McDaniel |first2=Justine |last3=McCrystal |first3=Laura |title=Republican Brian Fitzpatrick wins Pa.'s First Congressional District, defies Dem tide |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/elections/brian-fitzpatrick-scott-wallace-pa-1-congressional-district-results-election-2018-20181106.html |publisher=Philly.com |date=November 7, 2018}}</ref>
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