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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 . He is a member of the President's Cabinet .
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 under
Norman Jay Coleman
Feb 15, 1889-Mar 6, 1889
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Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Mar 6, 1889-Mar 6, 1893
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Julius Sterling Morton
Mar 7, 1893-Mar 5, 1897
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James Wilson
Mar 6, 1897-Mar 5, 1913
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David Franklin Houston
Mar 6, 1913-Feb 2, 1920
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Edwin Thomas Meredith
Feb 2, 1920-Mar 4, 1921
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Henry Cantwell Wallace
Mar 5, 1921-Oct 25, 1924
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Howard Mason Gore
Nov 22, 1924-Mar 4, 1925
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William Marion Jardine
Mar 5, 1925-Mar 4, 1929
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Arthur Mastick Hyde
Mar 6, 1929-Mar 4, 1933
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Henry Agard Wallace
Mar 4, 1933-Sept 4, 1940
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Claude Raymond Wickard
Sept 5, 1940-June 29, 1945
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Clinton Presba Anderson
June 30, 1945-May 10, 1948
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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
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Clifford Morris Hardin
Jan 21, 1969-Nov 17, 1971
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Earl Lauer Butz
Dec 2, 1971-Oct 4, 1976
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John Albert Knebel
Nov 4, 1976-Jan 20, 1977
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Bob Bergland
Jan 23, 1977-Jan 20, 1981
[[Jimmy Carter]
John Rusling Block
Jan 23, 1981-Feb 14, 1986
Ronald Reagan
Richard Edmund Lyng
Mar 7, 1986-Jan 21, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Clayton Yeutter
Feb 16, 1989-Mar 1, 1991
George Bush
Edward Rell Madigan
Mar 12, 1991-Jan. 20, 1993
George Bush
Mike Espy
Jan 22, 1993-Dec 31, 1994
Bill Clinton
Daniel Robert Glickman
Mar 30, 1995-Jan 19, 2001
Bill Clinton
Ann M. Veneman
Jan 20, 2001 -
George W. Bush