Jeremiah M. Rusk
Former United States Secretary of Agriculture
Jeremiah McLain Rusk was an American Republican politician. He was the second United States secretary of agriculture and the 15th governor of Wisconsin, and served three terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing northwest... Wikipedia
Born: June 17, 1830, Malta, OH
Died: November 21, 1893 (age 63 years), Viroqua, WI
Party: Republican Party
Books: Annual Reports, Together with Selected Correspondence Relating to the Export Trade of the United States in the Live Stock and Meat Products, of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture. 1889-1892 and Selected Correspondence Relating to the Export Trade of the United States in Live Stock and Meat Products, of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture; Volume No. 53
Previous offices: United States Secretary of Agriculture (1889–1893), Governor of Wisconsin (1882–1889), Representative (1873–1877), and more
Children: Charity Rusk Craig