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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:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=CAT78693923&content=PDF|title=Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture|last=Baker|first=Gladys L.|last2=Rasmussen|first2=Wayne D.|date=1963|website=U.S. Department of Agriculture|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofservice00unit/page/n1|archive-date=2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-26|last3=Wiser|first3=Vivian|last4=Porter|first4=Jane M.}}</ref> |
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:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=CAT78693923&content=PDF|title=Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture|last=Baker|first=Gladys L.|last2=Rasmussen|first2=Wayne D.|date=1963|website=U.S. Department of Agriculture|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofservice00unit/page/n1|archive-date=2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-26|last3=Wiser|first3=Vivian|last4=Porter|first4=Jane M.}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:17, 10 December 2019
United States Secretary of Agriculture | |
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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 |
The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The secretary is former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue. Perdue took office on April 25, 2017 after being confirmed by the U.S Senate by an 87–11 vote. 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]
List of secretaries of agriculture
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]
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)
Living former secretaries of agriculture
As of September 2024, 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) |
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John A. Knebel | 1976–1977 | October 4, 1936 |
John R. Block | 1981–1986 | February 15, 1935 |
Mike Espy | 1993–1994 | November 30, 1953 |
Dan Glickman | 1995–2001 | November 24, 1944 |
Ann Veneman | 2001–2005 | June 29, 1949 |
Mike Johanns | 2005–2007 | June 18, 1950 |
Ed Schafer | 2008–2009 | August 8, 1946 |
Tom Vilsack | 2009–2017 | December 13, 1950 |
Line of succession
The line of succession for the secretary of agriculture is as follows:[8]
- Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services
- Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
- Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
- General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture
- Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary
- State Executive Directors of the Farm Service Agency (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the States of:
- Regional Administrators of the Food and Nutrition Service (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the:
- Mountain Plains Regional Office (Denver, Colorado)
- Midwest Regional Office (Chicago, Illinois)
- Western Regional Office (San Francisco, California)
- Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture
- Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights
- Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations
References
- ^ "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". LII / Legal Information Institute.
- ^ "USDA Forest Service - Caring for the land and serving people". Fs.fed.us. Retrieved September 24, 2005.
- ^ "Home". Fs.fed.us. Retrieved September 24, 2005.
- ^ "FNS Food Stamp Program Home Page". Fns.usda.gov. Retrieved September 24, 2005.
- ^ "Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)". Csrees.usda.gov. Retrieved September 24, 2005.
- ^ 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.
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(help) - ^ "Former Secretaries". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- ^ "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.