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The Secretary of Agriculture (appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate) is the head of the department concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development .
The department includes several organizations. The 190 million acres of national forests and grasslands are managed by the U. S. Forest Service . The safety of food produced and sold here is ensured by the U. S. Food Safety and Inspection Service . Advice for farmers and gardeners is provided by the U. S. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service .
Secretaries of Agriculture:
Name
Dates of service
President(s) served underNorman Jay Coleman Feb 15, 1889-Mar 6, 1889 [[]] Jeremiah McLain Rusk Mar 6, 1889-Mar 6, 1893 [[]] Julius Sterling Morton Mar 7, 1893-Mar 5, 1897 [[]] James Wilson Mar 6, 1897-Mar 5, 1913 [[]] David Franklin Houston Mar 6, 1913-Feb 2, 1920 [[]] Edwin Thomas Meredith Feb 2, 1920-Mar 4, 1921 [[]] Henry Cantwell Wallace Mar 5, 1921-Oct 25, 1924 [[]] Howard Mason Gore Nov 22, 1924-Mar 4, 1925 [[]] William Marion Jardine Mar 5, 1925-Mar 4, 1929 [[]] Arthur Mastick Hyde Mar 6, 1929-Mar 4, 1933 [[]] Henry Agard Wallace Mar 4, 1933-Sept 4, 1940 [[]] Claude Raymond Wickard Sept 5, 1940-June 29, 1945 [[]] Clinton Presba Anderson June 30, 1945-May 10, 1948 [[]] Charles Franklin Brannan June 2, 1948-Jan 20, 1953 Harry S Truman Ezra Taft Benson Jan 21, 1953-Jan 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Orville Lothrop Freeman Jan 21, 1961-Jan 20, 1969 [[]] Clifford Morris Hardin Jan 21, 1969-Nov 17, 1971 [[]] Earl Lauer Butz Dec 2, 1971-Oct 4, 1976 [[]] John Albert Knebel Nov 4, 1976-Jan 20, 1977 [[]] Bob Bergland Jan 23, 1977-Jan 20, 1981 [[]] John Rusling Block Jan 23, 1981-Feb 14, 1986 [[]] Richard Edmund Lyng Mar 7, 1986-Jan 21, 1989 [[]] Clayton Yeutter Feb 16, 1989-Mar 1, 1991 [[]] Edward Rell Madigan Mar 12, 1991-Jan. 20, 1993 [[]] Mike Espy Jan 22, 1993-Dec 31, 1994 [[]] Daniel Robert Glickman Mar 30, 1995-Jan 19, 2001 [[]] Ann M. Veneman Jan 20, 2001 - George W. Bush
