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Commissioners of Agriculture (1891 - Present)

Ryan Quarles

Republican Party

2016-Present

James R. Comer

Republican Party

2012-2015

Richie Farmer

Republican Party

2004-2011

Billy Ray Smith

Democratic Party

1996-2003

Ed Logsdon

Democratic Party

1992-1995

Charles L. Hamilton

Democratic Party

1991

Ward "Butch" Burnette

Democratic Party

1988-1991

David E. Boswell

Democratic Party

1984-1987

Alben W. Barkley, II

Democratic Party

1980-1983

Thomas O. Harris

Democratic Party

1976-1979

Wendell P. Butler

Democratic Party

1972-1975

J. Robert Miller

Republican Party

1968-1971

Wendell P. Butler

Democratic Party

1964-1967

Emerson Beauchamp

Republican Party

1960-1963

Ben J.Butler

Democratic Party

1956-1959

Ben S. Adams

Democratic Party

1952-1955

Harry F.Walters

Democratic Party

1948-1951

Elliott Robertson

Republican Party

1944-1947

William H. May

Democratic Party

1940-1943

Garth Ferguson

Democratic Party

1936-1939

Eugene Flowers

N/A

1932-1935

Newton Bright

Democratic Party

1928-1931

Clell Coleman

Democratic Party

1924-1927

William C. Hanna

Republican Party

1920-1923

Mat S. Cohen

Democratic Party

1916-1919

J. W. Newman

N/A

1912-1915

M.C. Rankin

Republican Party

1908-1911

Hubert Vreeland

N/A

1904-1907

Ion B. Nall

N/A

1900-1903

Lucas Moore

N/A

1896-1899

Nicholas McDowell

N/A

1892-1895

Charles Y. Wilson

N/A

1891

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