United States Secretary of Agriculture Totally Explained

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United States Secretary of Agriculture
Official seal
Incumbent:	Edward T. Schafer
First:	Norman Jay Colman
Formation:	February 15, 1889
Presidential Line of Succession:	Ninth

The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Edward T. Schafer, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become Secretary of Agriculture on January 28, 2008. The position carries similar responsibilities to agriculture ministers of 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. The safety of food produced that are produced in the United States and sold here's ensured by the United States Food Safety and Inspection Service. The Food Stamp Program works with the states to provide food to low-income people. Advice for farmers and gardeners is provided by the United States Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
The line of succession for the Secretary of Agriculture is as follows:

Secretaries of Agriculture

#	Secretary of Agriculture	State of Residence	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Norman Jay 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 6, 1897 - March 5, 1913	William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William 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	Woodrow Wilson
7	Henry C. Wallace	Iowa	March 5, 1921 - October 25, 1924	Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge
8	Howard M. Gore	West Virginia	November 22, 1924 - March 4, 1925	Calvin Coolidge
9	William M. Jardine	Kansas	March 5, 1925 - March 4, 1929	Calvin Coolidge
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 Roosevelt
12	Claude R. Wickard	Indiana	September 5, 1940 - June 29, 1945	Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
13	Clinton P. Anderson	New Mexico	June 30, 1945 - May 10, 1948	Harry Truman
14	Charles F. Brannan	Colorado	June 2, 1948 - January 20, 1953	Harry Truman
15	Ezra Taft Benson	Idaho	January 21, 1953 - January 20, 1961	Dwight Eisenhower
16	Orville L. Freeman	Minnesota	January 21, 1961 - January 20, 1969	John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
17	Clifford M. Hardin	Nebraska	January 21, 1969 - November 17, 1971	Richard Nixon
18	Earl L. Butz	Indiana	December 2, 1971 - October 4, 1976	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
19	John A. Knebel		November 4, 1976 - January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
20	Robert S. 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		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	Alphonso Michael "Mike" Espy	Mississippi	January 22, 1993 - December 31, 1994	Bill Clinton
26	Daniel R. Glickman	Kansas	March 30, 1995 - January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton
27	Ann M. Veneman	California	January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005	George W. Bush
28	Michael O. Johanns	Nebraska	January 21, 2005 - September 20, 2007
29	Edward T. Schafer	North Dakota	January 28, 2008 - present

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