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United States Secretary of Agriculture

Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture.svg
Seal of the Department


Flag of the United States Secretary of Agriculture.svg
Flag of the Secretary


Sonny Perdue headshot.jpg

Incumbent
Sonny Perdue

since April 25, 2017
United States Department of Agriculture
Style Mr. Secretary
Member of Cabinet
Reports to President of the United States
Seat
Jamie L. Whitten Building, Washington, D.C.
Appointer The President
with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument
7 U.S.C. § 2202
Formation February 15, 1889
First holder Norman Jay Coleman
Succession
Ninth[1]
Deputy Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Salary Executive Schedule, level I
Website www.usda.gov

The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture is former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue. Perdue took office on April 25, 2017 after being confirmed by the U.S Senate 87-11. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments.


The department includes several organizations. The 297,000 mi2 (770,000 km2) of national forests and grasslands are managed by the United States Forest Service.[2] The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by the United States Food Safety and Inspection Service.[3] The Food Stamp Program works with the states to provide food to low-income people.[4] Advice for farmers and gardeners is provided by the United States Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.[5]




Contents






  • 1 List of Secretaries of Agriculture


  • 2 Living former Secretaries of Agriculture


  • 3 Line of succession


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





List of Secretaries of Agriculture[edit]


When the Department of Agriculture was established in 1862, its executive was a non-Cabinet position called the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Commissioners of Agriculture were:[6]
















































































No.
Portrait
Name
State of Residence
Took Office
Left Office

President(s)
1


Isaac Newton

Pennsylvania
July 1, 1862
June 19, 1867


Abraham Lincoln

  Democratic

Andrew Johnson
2

Horace Capron.jpg

Horace Capron

December 4, 1867
July 31, 1871


Ulysses S. Grant
3


Frederick Watts

Pennsylvania
August 1, 1871
1877
4


William Gates LeDuc

July 1, 1877
1881


Rutherford B. Hayes
5

George B. Loring - Brady-Handy.jpg

George B. Loring

Massachusetts
July 1, 1881
1885


James A. Garfield


Chester A. Arthur
6

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Norman Jay Coleman

Missouri
April 3, 1885
February 14, 1889


Grover Cleveland

The position of Secretary of Agriculture was created when the department was elevated to Cabinet status in 1889. The following is a list of Secretaries of Agriculture, since the creation of the office in 1889.[7]


Parties

  Democratic (14)
  Republican (18)



































































































































































































































































































































































No.
Portrait
Name
State of Residence
Took Office
Left Office

President(s)

1

NJColman.jpg
Norman Jay Coleman

Missouri
February 15, 1889
March 6, 1889


Grover Cleveland

2

Jeremiah McLain Rusk - Brady-Handy.jpg

Jeremiah McLain Rusk

Wisconsin
March 6, 1889
March 6, 1893


Benjamin Harrison

3

J. Sterling Morton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.jpg

Julius Sterling Morton

Nebraska
March 7, 1893
March 5, 1897


Grover Cleveland

4

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James Wilson

Iowa
March 5, 1897
March 5, 1913


William McKinley


Theodore Roosevelt


William Howard Taft


Woodrow Wilson

5

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David F. Houston

Missouri
March 6, 1913
February 2, 1920


6

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Edwin T. Meredith

Iowa
February 2, 1920
March 4, 1921

7

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Henry Cantwell Wallace

Iowa
March 5, 1921
October 25, 1924


Warren G. Harding


Calvin Coolidge

8

Howard Mason Gore.jpg

Howard Mason Gore

West Virginia
November 22, 1924
March 4, 1925

9

W.M. Jardine.jpg

William Marion Jardine

Kansas
March 5, 1925
March 4, 1929

10

Arthur M. Hyde.jpg

Arthur M. Hyde

Missouri
March 6, 1929
March 4, 1933


Herbert Hoover

11

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Henry A. Wallace

Iowa
March 4, 1933
September 4, 1940


Franklin D. Roosevelt

12

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Claude R. Wickard

Indiana
September 5, 1940
June 29, 1945


Harry S. Truman

13

Clinton P. Anderson, 13th Secretary of Agriculture, June 1945 - May 1948. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg

Clinton Presba Anderson

New Mexico
June 30, 1945
May 10, 1948

14

Charles F. Brannan.jpg

Charles F. Brannan

Colorado
June 2, 1948
January 20, 1953

15

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Ezra Taft Benson

Utah
January 21, 1953
January 20, 1961


Dwight D. Eisenhower

16

Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture (1961-1969).jpg

Orville Freeman

Minnesota
January 21, 1961
January 20, 1969


John F. Kennedy


Lyndon B. Johnson

17

Clifford Morris Hardin - USDA portrait.png

Clifford M. Hardin

Nebraska
January 21, 1969
November 17, 1971


Richard Nixon

18

Earl Lauer Butz - USDA portrait.png

Earl Butz

Indiana
December 2, 1971
October 4, 1976


Gerald Ford

19

John Albert Knebel - USDA portrait.png

John Albert Knebel

Oklahoma
November 4, 1976
January 20, 1977

20

Robert Bergland - USDA portrait.jpg

Robert Bergland

Minnesota
January 23, 1977
January 20, 1981


Jimmy Carter

21

John Block.jpg

John Rusling Block

Illinois
January 23, 1981
February 14, 1986


Ronald Reagan

22

Richard E. Lyng, 22nd Secretary of Agriculture, March 1986 - January 1989. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg

Richard Edmund Lyng

California
March 7, 1986
January 21, 1989

23

Clayton Yeutter (cropped).jpg

Clayton Keith Yeutter

Nebraska
February 16, 1989
March 1, 1991


George H. W. Bush

24

Edward R. Madigan (cropped).jpg

Edward Rell Madigan

Illinois
March 8, 1991
January 20, 1993

25

Mike Espy (cropped).jpg

Mike Espy

Mississippi
January 22, 1993
December 31, 1994


Bill Clinton




Richard Rominger
Acting

California
December 31, 1994
March 30, 1995

26

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Dan Glickman

Kansas
March 30, 1995
January 20, 2001

27

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Ann Veneman

California
January 20, 2001
January 20, 2005


George W. Bush

28

Mike Johanns.jpg

Mike Johanns

Nebraska
January 21, 2005
September 20, 2007



Charles F. Conner, official USDA photo portrait.jpg

Charles F. Conner
Acting

Indiana
September 20, 2007
January 28, 2008

29

SchaferEd-official (cropped).jpg

Ed Schafer

North Dakota
January 28, 2008
January 20, 2009

30

Tom Vilsack, official USDA portrait (cropped).jpg

Tom Vilsack

Iowa
January 20, 2009
January 13, 2017


Barack Obama



Michael T. Scuse official portrait (cropped).jpg

Michael Scuse
Acting

Delaware
January 13, 2017
January 20, 2017



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Mike Young
Acting

January 20, 2017
April 25, 2017


Donald Trump

31

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Sonny Perdue

Georgia
April 25, 2017
Incumbent


Living former Secretaries of Agriculture[edit]





(Back L to R) Yeutter, Glickman, Espy, and Block. (Front L to R) Johanns, Vilsack, Veneman, and Schafer.


As of January 2019, there are eight living former Secretaries of Agriculture (with all Secretaries that have served since 1993 still living), the oldest being John R. Block (served 1981–1986, born 1935). The most recent Secretary of Agriculture to die was Robert Bergland (served 1977–1981, born 1928), on December 9, 2018. The most recently serving Secretary to die was Edward Rell Madigan (1991–1993, born 1936) on December 7, 1994.
















































Name
Term
Birth date (and age)

John A. Knebel
1976–1977

(1936-10-04) October 4, 1936 (age 82)

John R. Block
1981–1986

(1935-02-15) February 15, 1935 (age 83)

Mike Espy
1993–1994

(1953-11-30) November 30, 1953 (age 65)

Dan Glickman
1995–2001

(1944-11-24) November 24, 1944 (age 74)

Ann Veneman
2001–2005

(1949-06-29) June 29, 1949 (age 69)

Mike Johanns
2005–2007

(1950-06-18) June 18, 1950 (age 68)

Ed Schafer
2008–2009

(1946-08-08) August 8, 1946 (age 72)

Tom Vilsack
2009–2017

(1950-12-13) December 13, 1950 (age 68)


Line of succession[edit]


The line of succession for the Secretary of Agriculture is as follows:[8]



  1. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

  2. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services

  3. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration

  4. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

  5. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics

  6. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety

  7. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment

  8. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development

  9. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

  10. General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture

  11. Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary

  12. State Executive Directors of the Farm Service Agency (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the States of:

    1. California

    2. Iowa

    3. Kansas



  13. Regional Administrators of the Food and Nutrition Service (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the:

    1. Mountain Plains Regional Office (Denver, Colorado)

    2. Midwest Regional Office (Chicago, Illinois)

    3. Western Regional Office (San Francisco, California)



  14. Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture

  15. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights

  16. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations



References[edit]





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  2. ^ "USDA Forest Service - Caring for the land and serving people". Fs.fed.us. Retrieved September 24, 2005.


  3. ^ "Home". Fs.fed.us. Retrieved September 24, 2005.


  4. ^ "FNS Food Stamp Program Home Page". Fns.usda.gov. Retrieved September 24, 2005.


  5. ^ "Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)". Csrees.usda.gov. Retrieved September 24, 2005.


  6. ^ Baker, Gladys L.; Rasmussen, Wayne D.; Wiser, Vivian; Porter, Jane M. (1963). "Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-26.


  7. ^ "Former Secretaries". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2018-10-26.


  8. ^ "Amendments to Delegations of Authority, United States Department of Agriculture". Federalregister.gov. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 29, 2016.




External links[edit]



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U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Ryan Zinke
as Secretary of the Interior

Order of Precedence of the United States
as Secretary of the Treasury

Succeeded by
Wilbur Ross
as Secretary of Commerce

U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by
Secretary of the Interior
Ryan Zinke


9th in line
Succeeded by
Secretary of Commerce
Wilbur Ross














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