Matz and Schramm Families - Person Sheet
NamePhilip Bracken Fleming 
Birth15 Oct 1887, Iowa
Death6 Oct 1955, Washington, D C
FatherJohn Joseph Fleming (1852-)
MotherMary Bracken (1863-)
Notes for Philip Bracken Fleming
1910 census has him living with his parents at age 22, unmarried.
Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol III. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931 Mr. Fleming's oldest son Philip Bracken graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is now a major of engineers and a senior instructor in engineering and graduate manager of athletics at West Point. “
“Fleming, Philip Bracken, Major-General
(1887 – 1955)
1939 - 1941
Administrator of Wage & Hour Division, Department of Labor
1941 - 1949
Federal Works Administrator
1947
Retired
1949 - 1950
Chairman US Maritime Commission
1950 - 1951
Under-Secretary of Commerce”
“Fleming, Philip Bracken (1887-1955) — also known as Philip B. Fleming — of New Hampshire. Born in Iowa, October 15, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; head of Federal Works Agency and of Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1951-53. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of cancer, in Washington, D.C., October 6, 1955. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol III. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931 Mr. Fleming's oldest son Philip Bracken graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is now a major of engineers and a senior instructor in engineering and graduate manager of athletics at West Point. “
“Fleming, Philip Bracken, Major-General
(1887 – 1955)
1939 - 1941
Administrator of Wage & Hour Division, Department of Labor
1941 - 1949
Federal Works Administrator
1947
Retired
1949 - 1950
Chairman US Maritime Commission
1950 - 1951
Under-Secretary of Commerce”
“Fleming, Philip Bracken (1887-1955) — also known as Philip B. Fleming — of New Hampshire. Born in Iowa, October 15, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; head of Federal Works Agency and of Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1951-53. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of cancer, in Washington, D.C., October 6, 1955. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.