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United States Secretary of Agriculture

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Head of the US Department of Agriculture

United States Secretary of Agriculture
Seal of the Department of Agriculture
Flag of the secretary
since February 13, 2025
United States Department of Agriculture
StyleMs. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Member ofUnited States Cabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatJamie L. Whitten Building,Washington, D.C.
AppointerThepresident
withSenateadvice 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

TheUnited States secretary of agriculture is the head of theUnited States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those ofagriculture ministers in other governments.

The department includes several organizations. The 297,000 mi2 (770,000 km2) of national forests and grasslands are managed by theUnited States Forest Service.[2] The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by theUnited States Food Safety and Inspection Service.[3] TheFood Stamp Program works with the states to provide food to low-income people.[4]

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

Since February 13, 2025, the current secretary isBrooke Rollins.

List of secretaries of agriculture

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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:[7]

  Denotes acting capacity.
United States commissioners of agriculture
No.PortraitNameState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresident(s)
1Newton seatedIsaac NewtonPennsylvaniaJuly 1, 1862June 19, 1867Abraham Lincoln
(1861–1865)
Andrew Johnson
(1865–1869)
2Horace CapronIllinoisDecember 4, 1867July 31, 1871
Ulysses S. Grant
(1869–1877)
3Frederick WattsPennsylvaniaAugust 1, 18711877
4William Gates LeDucMinnesotaJuly 1, 18771881Rutherford B. Hayes
(1877–1881)
5George B. LoringMassachusettsJuly 1, 18811885James A. Garfield
(1881)
Chester A. Arthur
(1881–1885)
6Norman Jay ColemanMissouriApril 3, 1885February 14, 1889Grover Cleveland
(1885–1889)

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 (19)

Status

  Acting secretary of agriculture

No.PortraitNameState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresident(s)
1Norman Jay ColemanMissouriFebruary 15, 1889March 6, 1889Grover Cleveland
(1885–1889)
2Jeremiah McLain RuskWisconsinMarch 6, 1889March 6, 1893Benjamin Harrison
(1889–1893)
3Julius Sterling MortonNebraskaMarch 7, 1893March 5, 1897Grover Cleveland
(1893–1897)
4James WilsonIowaMarch 5, 1897March 3, 1913William McKinley
(1897–1901)
Theodore Roosevelt
(1901–1909)
William Howard Taft
(1909–1913)
5David F. HoustonMissouriMarch 6, 1913February 2, 1920Woodrow Wilson
(1913–1921)
6Edwin T. MeredithIowaFebruary 2, 1920March 4, 1921
7Henry Cantwell WallaceIowaMarch 5, 1921October 25, 1924Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)
Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)
8Howard Mason GoreWest VirginiaNovember 22, 1924March 4, 1925
9William Marion JardineKansasMarch 5, 1925March 4, 1929
10Arthur M. HydeMissouriMarch 6, 1929March 4, 1933Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)
11Henry A. WallaceIowaMarch 4, 1933September 4, 1940Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933–1945)
12Claude R. WickardIndianaSeptember 5, 1940June 29, 1945
Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
13Clinton AndersonNew MexicoJune 30, 1945May 10, 1948
14Charles F. BrannanColoradoJune 2, 1948January 20, 1953
15Ezra Taft BensonUtahJanuary 21, 1953January 20, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
16Orville FreemanMinnesotaJanuary 21, 1961January 20, 1969John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
17Clifford M. HardinNebraskaJanuary 21, 1969November 17, 1971Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
18Earl ButzIndianaDecember 2, 1971October 4, 1976
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
19John A. KnebelOklahomaNovember 4, 1976January 20, 1977
20Robert BerglandMinnesotaJanuary 23, 1977January 20, 1981Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
21John R. BlockIllinoisJanuary 23, 1981February 14, 1986Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
22Richard LyngCaliforniaMarch 7, 1986January 21, 1989
23Clayton YeutterNebraskaFebruary 16, 1989March 1, 1991George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
24Ed MadiganIllinoisMarch 8, 1991January 20, 1993
25Mike EspyMississippiJanuary 22, 1993December 31, 1994Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
–Richard Rominger
Acting		CaliforniaDecember 31, 1994March 30, 1995
26Dan GlickmanKansasMarch 30, 1995January 20, 2001
27Ann VenemanCaliforniaJanuary 20, 2001January 20, 2005George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
28Mike JohannsNebraskaJanuary 21, 2005September 20, 2007
–Charles Conner
Acting		IndianaSeptember 20, 2007January 28, 2008
29Ed SchaferNorth DakotaJanuary 28, 2008January 20, 2009
30Tom VilsackIowaJanuary 20, 2009January 13, 2017Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
–Michael Scuse
Acting		DelawareJanuary 13, 2017January 20, 2017
–Mike Young
Acting		Washington D.C.January 20, 2017April 25, 2017Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
31Sonny PerdueGeorgiaApril 25, 2017January 20, 2021
–Kevin Shea
Acting		MarylandJanuary 20, 2021February 24, 2021Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
32Tom VilsackIowaFebruary 24, 2021January 20, 2025
–Gary Washington
Acting		Washington D.C.January 20, 2025February 13, 2025Donald Trump
(2025–present)
33
Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins
Brooke RollinsTexasFebruary 13, 2025present

Line of succession

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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 theFarm Service Agency (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the States of:
  13. Regional Administrators of theFood and Nutrition Service (in order of seniority by length of unbroken tenure) for the:
  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

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  1. ^"3 U.S. Code § 19 – Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act".LII / Legal Information Institute.
  2. ^"USDA Forest Service – Caring for the land and serving people".Fs.fed.us. RetrievedSeptember 24, 2005.
  3. ^"Home".Fs.fed.us. Archived fromthe original on January 25, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 24, 2005.
  4. ^"FNS Food Stamp Program Home Page".Fns.usda.gov. Archived fromthe original on May 8, 1999. RetrievedSeptember 24, 2005.
  5. ^5 U.S.C. " § 5312"
  6. ^"Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on January 23, 2021.
  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".U.S. Department of Agriculture. Archived fromthe original on October 26, 2018. RetrievedOctober 26, 2018.Alt URL
  8. ^"Former Secretaries".U.S. Department of Agriculture. RetrievedOctober 26, 2018.
  9. ^"Amendments to Delegations of Authority, United States Department of Agriculture".Federalregister.gov. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. RetrievedOctober 29, 2016.

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U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byasSecretary of the InteriorOrder of precedence of the United States
as Secretary of the Agriculture		Succeeded byasSecretary of Commerce
U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by 9th in lineSucceeded by
Secretary of Commerce
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