Reference Pages
Information on former Secretaries of Agriculture, listed in order of administration.
- Henry Agard Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1940.
- Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-1948.
- Charles F. Brannan, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1944-1948; Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-1953.
- Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-1961.
- Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-1969.
Information on other USDA officials.
- Paul H. Appleby, Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1940; Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-1944.
- Mordecai Ezekiel, Assistant Chief Economist for the Federal Farm Board, 1930-1933; Economic Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1939.
- Rexford G. Tugwell, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1934; Undersecretary of Agriculture, 1934-1936.
- M. L. (Millburn Lincoln) Wilson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1934-1937; Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1937-1940; Director of Extension Work, 1940-1953.
Other
- A Condensed History of American Agriculture, 1776-1990 (PDF). From the USDA Home Page, Web versions of the popular poster produced by the Agricultural and Rural History Section, with updates through the 1990s.
- Former USDA Secretaries. This page, on the USDA Web site, provides brief biographies of USDA Secretaries since 1889.