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The department includes several organizations. The 297,000 mi<sup>2</sup> (770,000 km<sup>2</sup>) of national forests and grasslands are managed by the [[United States Forest Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=USDA Forest Service – Caring for the land and serving people. |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/ |website=Fs.fed.us|access-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref> The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by the [[Food Safety and Inspection Service|United States Food Safety and Inspection Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |website=Fs.fed.us |url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ |access-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref> The [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|Food Stamp Program]] works with the states to provide food to low-income people.<ref>{{cite web |title=FNS Food Stamp Program Home Page |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/ |website=Fns.usda.gov|access-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref>  
The department includes several organizations. The 297,000 mi<sup>2</sup> (770,000 km<sup>2</sup>) of national forests and grasslands are managed by the [[United States Forest Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=USDA Forest Service – Caring for the land and serving people. |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/ |website=Fs.fed.us|access-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref> The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by the [[Food Safety and Inspection Service|United States Food Safety and Inspection Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |website=Fs.fed.us |url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ |access-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref> The [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|Food Stamp Program]] works with the states to provide food to low-income people.<ref>{{cite web |title=FNS Food Stamp Program Home Page |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/ |website=Fns.usda.gov|access-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref>  


Secretary of Agriculture is a [[Executive Schedule#Level I|Level I position in the Executive Schedule]],<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312"}}</ref> thus earning a salary of [[United States dollar|US$]]221,400, as of January 2021.<ref name="Salary">{{cite web|url= https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123013351/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-date=2021-01-23 |url-status=live|title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)}}</ref>
Secretary of Agriculture is a [[Executive Schedule#Level I|Level I position in the Executive Schedule]],<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312"}}</ref> thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.<ref name="Salary">{{cite web|url= https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123013351/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-date=2021-01-23 |url-status=live|title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)}}</ref>
 
Since February 24, 2021, the current secretary is [[Tom Vilsack]], who had previously served as the 30th secretary of agriculture in the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]].


==List of secretaries of agriculture==
==List of secretaries of agriculture==
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| rowspan="2" |[[Isaac Newton (agriculturalist)|Isaac Newton]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Isaac Newton (agriculturalist)|Isaac Newton]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pennsylvania]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pennsylvania]]
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| rowspan="2" |June 19, 1867
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|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|Abraham Lincoln
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| rowspan="3" |[[Horace Capron]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Horace Capron]]
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!3
|[[File:Frederick Watts.jpg|93x93px]]
|[[Frederick Watts]]
|[[Frederick Watts]]
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|Pennsylvania
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|[[File:William G. LeDuc.jpg|75px]]
|[[William Gates LeDuc]]
|[[William Gates LeDuc]]
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|[[Minnesota]]
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! rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan="2" |[[File:George B. Loring - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[George B. Loring]]
| rowspan="2" |[[George B. Loring]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Massachusetts]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Massachusetts]]
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!6
!6
|[[File:NJColman.jpg|75px]]
|[[Norman Jay Coleman|Norman Jay Colman]]
|[[Norman Jay Coleman|Norman Jay Colman]]
|[[Missouri]]
|[[Missouri]]
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|[[Norman Jay Coleman|Norman Jay Colman]]
|[[Norman Jay Coleman|Norman Jay Colman]]
|[[Missouri]]
|[[Missouri]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|2}}
|[[File:Jeremiah McLain Rusk - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
|[[Jeremiah McLain Rusk]]
|[[Jeremiah McLain Rusk]]
|[[Wisconsin]]
|[[Wisconsin]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|3}}
|[[File:JSMorton.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Julius Sterling Morton]]
|[[Julius Sterling Morton]]
|[[Nebraska]]
|[[Nebraska]]
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|-  
! rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|4}}
! rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|4}}
| rowspan="3" |[[File:James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture 1897-1913) 2003 902 275 f1881m24x.tiff|75x75px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture)|James Wilson]]
| rowspan="3" |[[James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture)|James Wilson]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Iowa]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Iowa]]
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|-
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|Theodore Roosevelt
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|-
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|5}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|5}}
|[[File:David F. Houston by Lewis Hine (cropped).jpg|108x108px]]
|[[David F. Houston]]
|[[David F. Houston]]
|Missouri
|Missouri
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|6}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|6}}
|[[File:E.T. Meredith, ggbain.16011u.jpg|75px]]
|[[Edwin T. Meredith]]
|[[Edwin T. Meredith]]
|Iowa
|Iowa
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|-  
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|7}}
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|7}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:H. C. Wallace (retouched).jpg|100x100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Henry Cantwell Wallace]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Henry Cantwell Wallace]]
| rowspan="2" |Iowa
| rowspan="2" |Iowa
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|8}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|8}}
|[[File:Howard Mason Gore.jpg|75px]]
|[[Howard Mason Gore]]
|[[Howard Mason Gore]]
|[[West Virginia]]
|[[West Virginia]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|9}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|9}}
|[[File:W.M. Jardine.jpg|75px]]
|[[William Marion Jardine]]
|[[William Marion Jardine]]
|[[Kansas]]
|[[Kansas]]
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|10}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|10}}
|[[File:Arthur M. Hyde, 10th Secretary of Agriculture, March 1929 - March 1933. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|92x92px]]
|[[Arthur M. Hyde]]
|[[Arthur M. Hyde]]
|Missouri
|Missouri
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|11}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|11}}
|[[File:33 Henry Wallace 3x4.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Henry A. Wallace]]
|[[Henry A. Wallace]]
|Iowa
|Iowa
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|-  
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|12}}
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|12}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Claude R. Wickard, 12th Secretary of Agriculture, September 1940 - June 1945. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|94x94px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Claude R. Wickard]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Claude R. Wickard]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indiana]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indiana]]
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|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Harry S. Truman]]
| rowspan="3" |Harry S. Truman
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|13}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|13}}
|[[File:Clinton P. Anderson, 13th Secretary of Agriculture, June 1945 - May 1948. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|75px]]
|[[Clinton Anderson]]
|[[Clinton Anderson]]
|[[New Mexico]]
|[[New Mexico]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|14}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|14}}
|[[File:Charles F. Brannan.jpg|75px]]
|[[Charles F. Brannan]]
|[[Charles F. Brannan]]
|[[Colorado]]
|[[Colorado]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|15}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|15}}
|[[File:Ezra Taft Benson - USDA portrait.gif|75px]]
|[[Ezra Taft Benson]]
|[[Ezra Taft Benson]]
|[[Utah]]
|[[Utah]]
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|January 20, 1961
|January 20, 1961
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
|Dwight D. Eisenhower
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|-  
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|16}}
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|16}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture (1961-1969).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Orville Freeman]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Orville Freeman]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Minnesota]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Minnesota]]
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|-
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|Lyndon B. Johnson
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|17}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|17}}
|[[File:Clifford Morris Hardin - USDA portrait.png|75px]]
|[[Clifford M. Hardin]]
|[[Clifford M. Hardin]]
|Nebraska
|Nebraska
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! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|18}}
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|18}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Earl Lauer Butz - USDA portrait.png|75px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Earl Butz]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Earl Butz]]
| rowspan="2" |Indiana
| rowspan="2" |Indiana
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|19}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|19}}
|[[File:John Albert Knebel - USDA portrait.png|75px]]
|[[John A. Knebel|John Albert Knebel]]
|[[John A. Knebel|John Albert Knebel]]
|[[Oklahoma]]
|[[Oklahoma]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|20}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|20}}
|[[File:Robert Bergland - USDA portrait.jpg|75px]]
|[[Robert Bergland]]
|[[Robert Bergland]]
|Minnesota
|Minnesota
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|21}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|21}}
|[[File:John Block.jpg|75px]]
|[[John R. Block|John Rusling Block]]
|[[John R. Block|John Rusling Block]]
|[[Illinois]]
|[[Illinois]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|22}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|22}}
|[[File:Richard E. Lyng, 22nd Secretary of Agriculture, March 1986 - January 1989. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|75px]]
|[[Richard Lyng|Richard Edmund Lyng]]
|[[Richard Lyng|Richard Edmund Lyng]]
|[[California]]
|[[California]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|23}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|23}}
|[[File:Clayton Yeutter, 23rd Secretary of Agriculture, February 1989 - March 1991..jpg|88x88px]]
|[[Clayton Yeutter]]
|[[Clayton Yeutter]]
|Nebraska
|Nebraska
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|24}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|24}}
|[[File:Edward R. Madigan (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Ed Madigan|Edward Rell Madigan]]
|[[Ed Madigan|Edward Rell Madigan]]
|Illinois
|Illinois
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|25}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|25}}
|[[File:Mike Espy.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Mike Espy]]
|[[Mike Espy]]
|[[Mississippi]]
|[[Mississippi]]
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| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Rominger_Official_USDA_Portrait.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Richard Rominger]]<br />{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Richard Rominger]]<br />{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |California
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |California
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|26}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|26}}
|[[File:Dan Glickman, 26th Secretary of Agriculture, January 1995 - 2001. - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|95x95px]]
|[[Dan Glickman]]
|[[Dan Glickman]]
|Kansas
|Kansas
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|27}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|27}}
|[[File:Ann Veneman.jpg|93x93px]]
|[[Ann Veneman]]
|[[Ann Veneman]]
|California
|California
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|January 20, 2005
|January 20, 2005
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[George W. Bush]]
| rowspan="4" |George W. Bush
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|-  
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|28}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|28}}
|[[File:Mike Johanns.jpg|75px]]
|[[Mike Johanns]]
|[[Mike Johanns]]
|Nebraska
|Nebraska
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|-  
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Charles F. Conner, official USDA photo portrait.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Charles Franklin Conner|Charles F. Conner]]<br />{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Charles Franklin Conner|Charles F. Conner]]<br />{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |Indiana
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |Indiana
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|29}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|29}}
|[[File:Ed Schafer -- February 2008.jpg|93x93px]]
|[[Ed Schafer]]
|[[Ed Schafer]]
|[[North Dakota]]
|[[North Dakota]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|30}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|30}}
|[[File:Tom Vilsack, official USDA photo portrait.jpg|93x93px]]
|[[Tom Vilsack]]<br>{{small|''1st term''}}
|[[Tom Vilsack]]<br>{{small|''1st term''}}
|Iowa
|Iowa
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|-
! style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
! style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Michael T. Scuse official portrait.JPG|105x105px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Michael Scuse]]<br>{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Michael Scuse]]<br>{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Delaware]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Delaware]]
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! style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
! style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Michael Young 20170216-DM-RBN-7992 (32557392300).jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Mike Young (agriculture official)|Mike Young]]<br>{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Mike Young (agriculture official)|Mike Young]]<br>{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Washington D.C.]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Washington D.C.]]
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! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|31}}
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|31}}
|[[File:Secretary Sonny Perdue official photo.jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Sonny Perdue]]
|[[Sonny Perdue]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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! style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[File:Kevin Shea US Dept of Agriculture.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Kevin Shea (administrator)|Kevin Shea]]<br>{{small|Acting}}
| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |[[Kevin Shea (administrator)|Kevin Shea]]<br>{{small|Acting}}
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! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|32}}
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|32}}
|[[File:20210427-OSEC-TEW-001 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (51148817903).jpg|93x93px]]
|Tom Vilsack<br>{{small|''2nd term''}}
|Tom Vilsack<br>{{small|''2nd term''}}
|Iowa
|Iowa
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#Regional Administrators of the [[Food and Nutrition Service]] (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the:  
#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]])
#*Mountain Plains Regional Office ([[Denver]], [[Colorado]])
#*Midwest Regional Office ([[Chicago]], [[Illinois]])  
#*Midwest Regional Office (Chicago, [[Illinois]])  
#*Western Regional Office ([[San Francisco]], California)
#*Western Regional Office (San Francisco, California)
#Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture
#Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture
#Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights
#Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights

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United States Secretary of Agriculture
File:US Department of Agriculture seal.svg
Seal of the department
File:Flag of the United States Secretary of Agriculture.svg
Flag of the secretary
United States Department of Agriculture
StyleMr. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Member ofUnited States Cabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatJamie L. Whitten Building, Washington, D.C.
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument7 U.S.C. § 2202
FormationFebruary 15, 1889
First holderNorman Jay Coleman
SuccessionNinth[1]
DeputyUnited States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
SalaryExecutive Schedule, level I
Websiteusda.gov

The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. 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]

Secretary of Agriculture is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[5] thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.[6]

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:[7]

United States commissioners of agriculture
No. Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 Isaac Newton Pennsylvania July 1, 1862 June 19, 1867 Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
2 Horace Capron December 4, 1867 July 31, 1871
Ulysses S. Grant
3 Frederick Watts Pennsylvania August 1, 1871 1877
4 William Gates LeDuc Minnesota July 1, 1877 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
5 George B. Loring Massachusetts July 1, 1881 1885 James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
6 Norman Jay Colman 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.[8]

Parties

  Democratic (14)   Republican (18)

Status

  Acting Secretary of Agriculture

  Nominee for Secretary of Agriculture

No. Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 Norman Jay Colman Missouri February 15, 1889 March 6, 1889 Grover Cleveland
2 Jeremiah McLain Rusk Wisconsin March 6, 1889 March 6, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
3 Julius 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
5 David F. Houston Missouri March 6, 1913 February 2, 1920 Woodrow Wilson
6 Edwin T. Meredith Iowa February 2, 1920 March 4, 1921
7 Henry Cantwell Wallace Iowa March 5, 1921 October 25, 1924 Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
8 Howard Mason Gore West Virginia November 22, 1924 March 4, 1925
9 William Marion 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
Harry S. Truman
13 Clinton 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
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
Gerald Ford
19 John Albert Knebel Oklahoma November 4, 1976 January 20, 1977
20 Robert Bergland Minnesota January 23, 1977 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
21 John Rusling Block Illinois January 23, 1981 February 14, 1986 Ronald Reagan
22 Richard Edmund Lyng California March 7, 1986 January 21, 1989
23 Clayton Yeutter Nebraska February 16, 1989 March 1, 1991 George H. W. Bush
24 Edward Rell Madigan Illinois March 8, 1991 January 20, 1993
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
1st term 		Iowa January 20, 2009 January 13, 2017 Barack Obama
– Michael Scuse
Acting 		Delaware January 13, 2017 January 20, 2017
– Mike Young
Acting 		Washington D.C. January 20, 2017 April 25, 2017 Donald Trump
31 Sonny Perdue Georgia April 25, 2017 January 20, 2021
– Kevin Shea
Acting 		January 20, 2021 February 24, 2021 Joe Biden
32 Tom Vilsack
2nd term 		Iowa February 24, 2021 Incumbent

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of agriculture is as follows:[9]

  1. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
  2. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services (this position no longer exists)
  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:
  13. 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)
  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

  1. ↑ "3 U.S. Code § 19 – Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19. 
  2. ↑ "USDA Forest Service – Caring for the land and serving people.". http://www.fs.fed.us/. 
  3. ↑ "Home". http://www.fsis.usda.gov/. 
  4. ↑ "FNS Food Stamp Program Home Page". http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/. 
  5. ↑ 5 U.S.C. " § 5312"
  6. ↑ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)". https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf. 
  7. ↑ 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". https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=CAT78693923&content=PDF.  Alt URL
  8. ↑ "Former Secretaries" (in en). https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/history/former-secretaries. 
  9. ↑ "Amendments to Delegations of Authority, United States Department of Agriculture". Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/07/09/2013-15849/amendments-to-delegations-of-authority. 

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