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Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
	; Seal of the Department of Agriculture;
	; Flag of the Secretary of Agriculture;
	; ; ; Incumbent; Sonny Perdue; since April 25, 2017;
	; United States Department of Agriculture;
Style	; Mr. Secretary
Member of	; Cabinet;
Reports to	; The President;
Seat	; Washington, D.C., U.S.
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;
Deputy	; Deputy Secretary of Agriculture;
Salary	; Executive Schedule, level 1;
Website	; www.usda.gov;

The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current 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]

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]

No.	Name	State of Residence	Took Office	Left Office
1	Isaac Newton	Pennsylvania	July 1, 1862	June 19, 1867	Abraham Lincoln
1	Isaac Newton	Pennsylvania	July 1, 1862	June 19, 1867	Andrew Johnson
2	Horace Capron		December 4, 1867	July 31, 1871	Andrew Johnson
2	Horace Capron		December 4, 1867	July 31, 1871	Ulysses S. Grant
3	Frederick Watts	Pennsylvania	August 1, 1871	1877	Ulysses S. Grant
4	William Gates LeDuc		July 1, 1877	1881	Rutherford B. Hayes
5	George B. Loring	Massachusetts	July 1, 1881	1885	James A. Garfield
5	George B. Loring	Massachusetts	July 1, 1881	1885	Chester A. Arthur
6	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.	Name	State of Residence	Took Office	Left Office
1	Norman J. Coleman	Missouri	February 15, 1889	March 6, 1889	Grover Cleveland
2	Jeremiah M. Rusk	Wisconsin	March 6, 1889	March 6, 1893	Benjamin Harrison
3	J. Sterling Morton	Nebraska	March 7, 1893	March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland
4	James Wilson	Iowa	March 5, 1897	March 3, 1913	William McKinley
					Theodore Roosevelt
					William Howard Taft
					Woodrow Wilson
5	David F. Houston	Missouri	March 6, 1913	February 2, 1920
6	Edwin T. Meredith	Iowa	February 2, 1920	March 4, 1921
7	Henry C. Wallace	Iowa	March 5, 1921	October 25, 1924	Warren G. Harding
7	Henry C. Wallace	Iowa	March 5, 1921	October 25, 1924	Calvin Coolidge
8	Howard M. Gore	West Virginia	November 22, 1924	March 4, 1925
9	William M. Jardine	Kansas	March 5, 1925	March 4, 1929
10	Arthur M. Hyde	Missouri	March 6, 1929	March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover
11	Henry A. Wallace	Iowa	March 4, 1933	September 4, 1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt
12	Claude R. Wickard	Indiana	September 5, 1940	June 29, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
12	Claude R. Wickard	Indiana	September 5, 1940	June 29, 1945	Harry S. Truman
13	Clinton P. Anderson	New Mexico	June 30, 1945	May 10, 1948
14	Charles F. Brannan	Colorado	June 2, 1948	January 20, 1953
15	Ezra Taft Benson	Utah	January 21, 1953	January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
16	Orville Freeman	Minnesota	January 21, 1961	January 20, 1969	John F. Kennedy
16	Orville Freeman	Minnesota	January 21, 1961	January 20, 1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
17	Clifford M. Hardin	Nebraska	January 21, 1969	November 17, 1971	Richard Nixon
18	Earl Butz	Indiana	December 2, 1971	October 4, 1976	Richard Nixon
18	Earl Butz	Indiana	December 2, 1971	October 4, 1976	Gerald Ford
19	John A. Knebel	Oklahoma	November 4, 1976	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
20	Robert Bergland	Minnesota	January 23, 1977	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
21	John R. Block	Illinois	January 23, 1981	February 14, 1986	Ronald Reagan
22	Richard E. Lyng	California	March 7, 1986	January 21, 1989	Ronald Reagan
23	Clayton K. Yeutter	Nebraska	February 16, 1989	March 1, 1991	George H. W. Bush
24	Edward R. Madigan	Illinois	March 8, 1991	January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
25	Mike Espy	Mississippi	January 22, 1993	December 31, 1994	Bill Clinton
–	Richard Rominger Acting	California	December 31, 1994	March 30, 1995
26	Dan Glickman	Kansas	March 30, 1995	January 20, 2001
27	Ann Veneman	California	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2005	George W. Bush
28	Mike Johanns	Nebraska	January 21, 2005	September 20, 2007
–	Charles F. Conner Acting	Indiana	September 20, 2007	January 28, 2008
29	Ed Schafer	North Dakota	January 28, 2008	January 20, 2009
30	Tom Vilsack	Iowa	January 20, 2009	January 13, 2017	Barack Obama
–	Michael Scuse Acting	Delaware	January 13, 2017	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
–	Mike Young Acting		January 20, 2017	April 25, 2017	Donald Trump
31	Sonny Perdue	Georgia	April 25, 2017	Incumbent	Donald Trump

Living former Secretaries of Agriculture

As of October 2018, there are nine living former Secretaries of Agriculture (with all Secretaries that have served since 1993 still living), the oldest being Robert Bergland (served 1977–1981, born 1928). The most recent Secretary of Agriculture to die was Clayton Yeutter (served 1989–1991, born 1930), on March 4, 2017. 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)
Robert Bergland	1977–1981	(1928-07-22) July 22, 1928 (age 90)
John R. Block	1981–1986	(1935-02-15) February 15, 1935 (age 83)
Mike Espy	1993–1994	(1953-11-30) November 30, 1953 (age 64)
Dan Glickman	1995–2001	(1944-11-24) November 24, 1944 (age 73)
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 67)

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:
1. California
2. Iowa
3. Kansas

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)

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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ "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.

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

^ "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

Official website

Current 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
Current U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke	9th in line	Succeeded by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross

[1] "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". LII / Legal Information Institute..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[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.

v t e Agencies under the United States Department of Agriculture
Headquarters: Jamie L. Whitten Building Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment	Forest Service Office of Environmental Markets
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development*	Rural Housing Service Rural Utilities Service Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services	Food and Nutrition Service Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety	Food Safety and Inspection Service
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics	Agricultural Research Service Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Economic Research Service National Agricultural Library National Agricultural Statistics Service National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Agricultural Marketing Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs**	Foreign Agricultural Service Commodity Credit Corporation
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation**	Farm Service Agency Risk Management Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Natural Resources Conservation Service
Office of the Chief Financial Officer	National Finance Center
Reports directly to the Secretary of Agriculture *Created from Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

v t e Leaders of the United States federal executive departments
Current	Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Homeland Security Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs
Past	Commerce and Labor Health, Education, and Welfare Navy Post Office War

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List of Secretaries of Agriculture

Living former Secretaries of Agriculture

Line of Succession

References

External links

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Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
Seal of the Department of Agriculture
Flag of the Secretary of Agriculture
Incumbent Sonny Perdue since April 25, 2017
United States Department of Agriculture
Style	Mr. Secretary
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	The President
Seat	Washington, D.C., U.S.
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 1
Website	www.usda.gov