Eric-
I'm a Republican but I've I've always been fascinated with Henry A Wallace.
You may find this hard to believe but in many ways he was ahead of the curve on many issues.
He was the first person to make a commercially viable corn hybrid available. Through his newspaper (Wallaces' Farmer) he taught farmers to practice conservation and showed them how to farm in a smart and efficient manner.
His foreign policy positions left a lot to be desired and many of his comments deservedly led him to be tagged as a Communist. In his life, he was a never a Communist but in his 1948 campaign, he never renounced the help of the Communist Party.
In his later years, he renounced the Progressive Party as a sham and said that he should have disavowed the assistance of Communist Paty members in his campaign.
Ironically, in 1960, he endorsed Richard Nixon for President over Kennedy because he felt Nixon's farm policies were better for the nation.
I'd encourage you to read a recent book about Wallace. It's called "American Dreamer". You should be able to find it in most libraries.