History / Offices

Secretary of Agriculture

27 people have held this office since Feb 15, 1889. Now: Brooke Rollins.

Holders
27
12 D · 12 R · 2 U · 1 PP
Longest tenure
16 years
James Wilson
Current
20 months
Brooke Rollins, since Feb 13, 2025
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1900192019401960198020002020Norman Jay Colman · 1889-02-15 – 1889-03-06 · DemocratJeremiah McLain Rusk · 1889-03-06 – 1893-03-06 · RepublicanJulius Sterling Morton · 1893-03-07 – 1897-03-05 · DemocratJames Wilson · 1897-03-06 – 1913-03-05 · RepublicanDavid Franklin Houston · 1913-03-06 – 1920-02-02 · DemocratHoward Mason Gore · 1924-11-22 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Marion Jardine · 1925-03-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanArthur M. Hyde · 1929-03-06 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanHenry A. Wallace · 1933-03-04 – 1940-09-04 · Progressive PartyClinton Anderson · 1945-06-30 – 1948-05-10 · DemocratEzra Taft Benson · 1953-01-21 – 1961-01-20 · RepublicanOrville Freeman · 1961-01-20 – 1969-01-21 · DemocratRobert Bergland · 1977-01-23 – 1981-01-20 · DemocratRichard Edmund Lyng · 1986-03-07 – 1989-01-20 · RepublicanClayton Keith Yeutter · 1989-02-16 – 1991-03-01 · RepublicanMike Espy · 1993-01-22 – 1994-12-31 · DemocratDan Glickman · 1995-03-30 – 2001-01-19 · DemocratAnn Veneman · 2001-01-20 – 2005-01-20 · RepublicanMike Johanns · 2005-01-21 – 2007-09-20 · RepublicanCharles F. Conner · 2007-09-20 – 2008-01-28 · RepublicanEd Schafer · 2008-01-28 – 2009-01-20 · RepublicanTom Vilsack · 2009-01-21 – 2017-01-13 · DemocratMichael Scuse · 2017-01-13 – 2017-01-20 · DemocratMike Young · 2017-01-20 – 2017-04-25Sonny Perdue · 2017-04-25 – 2021-01-20 · DemocratTom Vilsack · 2021-02-24 – 2025-01-20 · DemocratBrooke Rollins · 2025-02-13 – present
Brooke Rollins
Feb 13, 2025 – present · 20 months · appointed by Donald Trump
Tom Vilsack D
Feb 24, 2021 – Jan 20, 2025 · 3.9 years · appointed by Joe Biden
Sonny Perdue D
Apr 25, 2017 – Jan 20, 2021 · 3.7 years · appointed by Donald Trump
Mike Young
Jan 20, 2017 – Apr 25, 2017 · 3 months · appointed by Donald Trump
Michael Scuse D
Jan 13, 2017 – Jan 20, 2017 · 7 days · appointed by Barack Obama
Tom Vilsack D
Jan 21, 2009 – Jan 13, 2017 · 8 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Ed Schafer R
Jan 28, 2008 – Jan 20, 2009 · 12 months · appointed by George W. Bush
Charles F. Conner R (acting)
Sep 20, 2007 – Jan 28, 2008 · 4 months
Mike Johanns R
Jan 21, 2005 – Sep 20, 2007 · 2.7 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Ann Veneman R
Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 20, 2005 · 4 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Dan Glickman D
Mar 30, 1995 – Jan 19, 2001 · 5.8 years · appointed by Bill Clinton
Mike Espy D
Jan 22, 1993 – Dec 31, 1994 · 23 months · appointed by Bill Clinton
Clayton Keith Yeutter R
Feb 16, 1989 – Mar 1, 1991 · 2 years · appointed by George H. W. Bush
Richard Edmund Lyng R
Mar 7, 1986 – Jan 20, 1989 · 2.9 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Robert Bergland D
Jan 23, 1977 – Jan 20, 1981 · 4 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Orville Freeman D
Jan 20, 1961 – Jan 21, 1969 · 8 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Ezra Taft Benson R
Jan 21, 1953 – Jan 20, 1961 · 8 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clinton Anderson D
Jun 30, 1945 – May 10, 1948 · 2.9 years · appointed by Harry S. Truman
Henry A. Wallace PP
Mar 4, 1933 – Sep 4, 1940 · 7.5 years · appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Arthur M. Hyde R
Mar 6, 1929 – Mar 4, 1933 · 4 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
William Marion Jardine R
Mar 5, 1925 – Mar 4, 1929 · 4 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Howard Mason Gore R
Nov 22, 1924 – Mar 4, 1925 · 3 months · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
David Franklin Houston D
Mar 6, 1913 – Feb 2, 1920 · 6.9 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
James Wilson R
Mar 6, 1897 – Mar 5, 1913 · 16 years · appointed by William McKinley
Julius Sterling Morton D
Mar 7, 1893 – Mar 5, 1897 · 4 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R
Mar 6, 1889 – Mar 6, 1893 · 4 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Norman Jay Colman D
Feb 15, 1889 – Mar 6, 1889 · 19 days · appointed by Grover Cleveland

Dates are from Wikidata, which has gaps for some historical offices. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.