Employment - US Department of Agriculture

Below is a list of people who were employed or associated with this government agency. Where a location is not specified, it is often in Washington DC, just not explicitly specified in the source. This is a compilation from different sources, not an exhaustive list. For others, see Employment > Agencies and Associations.

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Count: 434
FirstLastYearsLocationField/Role
ClevelandAbbe1894Professor of Meteorology
JosephAbel1912Washington, DC
James Merrill RylandAdams1908service
Addis BlissAlbro1903-1904Middletown, CTnutrition investigation
John MertonAldrich1913-1918entomological assistant
Henry E.Allanson1921horticulturist
Harry ArdellAllard1921scientist
Edwin WestAllen1890-1893Office of Exp. Stations
Lloyd HuberAlmy1912-1914Washington, DCasst, Bureau of Chemistry
William BradfordAlwood1886-1888entomologist
Joseph AlfredAmbler1921Bureau of Chemistry
Myron SalleeAnderson1921research chemist, Bureau of Soils
FrankAndrews1903-1914Bureau of Statistics
Earl CasparArnold1912-1914
William WillardAshe1898-1903Special agent
Helen WoodardAtwater1921economist
Wilbur OlinAtwater1888-1891Office of Exp. Stations
VernonBailey1887naturalist
Samuel McCutchenBain1894Vegetable Pathology
Alice LouiseBaker1904-1908Washington, DCBureau of Chemistry
Arthur ChallenBaker1921Bureau of Entomology
Oliver EdwinBaker1921agricultural economist
A. HartwellBalcom1916
Carleton RoyBall1899agrostologist
Elmer DarwinBall1921asst US Secretary
Will H.Bane1894Division of Illustrations, Supt
NathanBanks1890-1892agent, entomology
Herbert SpencerBarber1902-1904
Horace W.Barber1912Washington, DC
Claribel RuthBarnett1921librarian
Walter BradfordBarrows1886-1894ornithologist
Walter F.Baughman1921Bureau of Chemistry
Foster Ellenborough LascellesBeal1891ornithologist
Walter HenryBeal1921States Relation Service
Rolla KentBeattie1914-1921Federal Horticultural Board
Bertha IlioneBennett1903-1904Washington, DClibrary
Ernst AthearnBessey1899-1901vegetable pathologist
IsabelBevier1894-1899nutrition investigations
Frank H.Bigelow1894Professor of Meteorology
Willard DellBigelow1892-1901chemist
Jay AllanBonsteel1900Bureau of Soils
Lester E.Boykin1912Washington, DCExpert Public Roads
Harry CyrusBradley1901irrigation investigations
Charles JohnBrand1904physiologist
William L.Bray1899Division of Forestry
Lyman JamesBriggs1896Bureau of Soils
CharlesBrooks1921plant pathologist
William GeorgeBrown1894-1896chemist
Charles ThomasBrues1904-1905field agent
Gaius MarcusBrumbaugh1894-1899asst Bureau of Animal Industry
LawrenceBruner1880-1888field agent
Arthur PeytonBryant1895-1902Middletown, CTnutrition investigation
EdgarBuckingham1902Bureau of Soils
Lloyd ByronBurk1921livestock and meats, US Bureau of Markets
AugustBusck1896Division of Entomology
Joseph StuartCaldwell1921plant physiologist
William F.Callander1912Washington, DC
Frank KennethCameron1898-1899
Walter GilbertCampbell1921asst Bureau of Chemistry
Mark AlfredCarleton1894cerealist
Louis GeorgeCarpenter1890artesian well investigation
Josiah L.Carr1921Washington, DC
Andrew NelsonCaudell1898Division of Entomology
Charles EdwardChambliss1908rice investigations
William RidgelyChapline1919
J. SoverignCharleson1894Priv Sec to the Secretary of Agriculture
Victor KingChesnut1890-1904poisonous plants
Ellery ChanningChilcott1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Frank HurlbutChittenden1891-1902entomologist
Charles ClevelandClark1906-1908bureau of statistics
Arthur BrooksClawson1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Francis J.Cleary1912Washington, DC
John Lewis JrCobbs1921division of publications
Guy N.Collins1901botanist
John HenryComstock1879-1881entomologist
Frank CummingsCook1921Bureau of Chemistry
Orator Fuller, JrCook1898-1901Special agent
Lee ClevelandCorbett1901horticulturist
Frederick VernonCoville1893botanist
Charles AlbertCrampton1883-1890chemist
Allen HiramCurtiss1875botanist
Charles F.Curtiss1888-1893statistician
Allerton SewardCushman1901Bureau of Chemistry
W. P.Cutter1894Librarian
Charles WilliamDabney1897scientific investigation
Alfred PaulDachnowski1921peat investigator
Leon MilehameDavis1921asst marketing, US Bureau of Markets
Royall Oscar EugeneDavis1910Bureau of Soils
Joseph BurttDavy1902-1903curator
Charles FrancisDawson1892-1900Bureau of Animal Industry
Fred MorrisDearing1902translator
Lyster H.Dewey1921botanist
Charles RichardsDodge1869Washington, DCasst, entomology
MarionDorset1894-1901biochemistry
Noah ErnestDorsey1901Bureau of Soils
Benjamin MingeDuggar1901-1902Bureau of Plant Industry
Maurice PrattDunlap1911-1915
H. H. C.Dunwoody1894Asst Chief
Joseph William TellDuvel1902Seed Lab
Charles BowkerDyar1905-1906expert preparator. Bureau of Entomology
Franklin SumnerEarle1895pathologist
George ChristianEdler1916seed specialist, US Bureau of Markets
Howard AustinEdson1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Harry TaylorEdwards1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Percy LeroyEicker1901-1905herbarium
Charles G.Elliott1902-1913drainage engineer
CharlotteElliott1921scientific assistant
Rollins AdamsEmerson1897-1898Horticulturist
Leon M.Estabrook1912Washington, DCRecord Officer
Frank L.Evans1894Division of Accounts. Chief
Walter HarrisonEvans1897commissioner to Alaska
Lewis CharlesEverard1921division of publications
Elmer KendallEyerly1917-1919Washington, DCfarm help specialist
M. E.Fagan1894Seed Division, Chief
David GrandisonFairchild1889-1892pathologist
HenryFarquhar1895-1897statistician
A. M.Farrington1894Division of Field Investigations
Arthur HermanFast1916Washington, DCLaw Assistant to Solicitor
Alexander McGowenFerguson1903-1904Special agent
Bernhard EduardFernow1886-1898Division of Forestry
Albert KenrickFisher1885-1896ornithologist
Richard ThorntonFisher1901Bureau of Forestry
Daniel R.Forbes1912Washington, DCBureau of Chemistry
R. S.Forbes1894Chief of Inspection Division
Frederick Burr LaForge1921Bureau of Chemistry
Director SamuelFortier1899-1903agent, expert irrigation
WilliamFrear1883-1885chemist
Beverly ThomasGalloway1888-1900Bureau of Plant Industry
Wightman W.Garner1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Wightman WellsGarner1903Bureau of Chemistry
Charles ChristianGeorgeson1893dairy industry
TownendGlover1869Washington, DCentomology
Harris P.Gould1921pomologist
Henry SolonGraves1898-1900Division of Forestry
DavidGriffiths1901asst agrostologist
Maurice CrowtherHall1921Bureau of Animal Industry
V.Hallenbeck1894Division of Records and Editing. Asst Chief
Albert AugustHansen1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Harry VaughnHarlan1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Mark W.Harrington1894Chief
Abram WinegardnerHarris1888-1891Office Exp. Stations
Floyd R.Harrison1912Washington, DC
Eugene ClaudiusHarter1910-1914clerk
Leonard LeeHarter1921plant pathologist
Charles PinckneyHartley1921plant pathologist
John A.Harvey1894Chief
Emma BeatriceHawks1921asst librarian
John KerfootHaywood1897asst chemist
Henry A.Hazen1894Professor of Meteorology
Amos ArthurHeller1892field agent
Walter C.Henderson1910
Robert RoyHenley1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Charles HolmesHerty1901-1902Bureau of Forestry
Richard W.Hickman1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Lewis EzraHicks1890-1891Geologist
George WilliamHill1894Division of Records and Editing. Chief
Warren ElmerHinds1902bureau of entomology
Albert S.Hitchcock1921botanist
Albert SpearHitchcock1901-1905agrostologist
Frank HarrisHitchcock1892-1893biologist
Herman TheodorHolm1893-1896
George KirbyHolmes1895statistical service
Andrew DelmarHopkins1902Bureau of Entomology
Leland OssianHoward1921Bureau of Entomology
Rurton J.Howard1921Bureau of Chemistry
Caroline L.Hunt1921economist
Albert ClaytonHunter1921Bureau of Chemistry
Walter DavidHunter1901Division of Entomology
JohnHyde1897-1905bureau of statistics
James AugustusHyslop1907Bureau of Entomology
Augustus EugenioIngram1898clerk
Charles W.Irish1894Office of Irrigation Inquiry. Chief
McKendrie F.Jacques1911
Clarence T.Johnston1898-1903irrigation investigations
D. BreeseJones1921bureau of chemistry
John D.Jones1894Division of Forestry, Asst Chief
Lewis RalphJones1904Bureau of Plant Industry
Marcus EugeneJones1894-1895field agent
Samuel AugustusJones1921chief of field service, US Bureau of Crop Estimates
James StrongJudd1896-1897Middletown, CT
Thomas H.Kearney1894botany, physiology
Thomas H. JrKearney1898Washington, DCBotany
Lyman F.Kebler1903Bureau of Chemistry
Charles AlbertKeffer1895-1899Division of Forestry
Karl F.Kellerman1901Bureau of Plant Industry
Karl FredericKellerman1901-1902scientific aid
Patrick BeveridgeKennedy1899Division of Agrostology
Franklin HiramKing1901-1904Division of Soil Management
Lawrence A.Kolbe1912Washington, DC
Mary GoodwinLacy1910-1918reference librarian
Harry M.Lamon1921senior poultryman
FrankLamson-Scribner1884-1901botanist
Charles H.Lane1911-1917
Charles F.Langworthy1921office of home economics
David ErnestLantz1904biologist
Carl W.Larson1921Bureau of Animal Industry
John IrvinLauritzen1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Huron W.Lawson1898-1907
AugustusLee1908skilled laborer
Clyde EvertLeighty1906condition of grain
Richard HannaLewis1911Washington, DCasst, Office of Public Roads
John RhoadsLindemuth1912-1916Washington, DCScientist
GeorgeLivingston1914-1915department of agronomy
William AllisonLloyd1921agriculturist
Carl Benedikt OscarLoew1898-1900chemistry
Henry MeechLoomis1914-1916Bureau of Chemistry
Edwin Chesley EstesLord1900
Richard SwannLull1893Division of Entomology
P. L.Lyles1894Bureau of Animal Industry, Chief Clerk
George RichardLyman1921pathologist
D.MacCuaig1894Chief Clerk
M.MacCuaig1894Asst Curator
Mrs M. H.Mahoun1894Asst Microscopist
Charles LesterMarlatt1921Federal Horticultural Board
Charles DwightMarsh1921Bureau of Animal Industry
John HolmesMartin1921Agronomist, wheat investigations
Charles F.Marvin1894Professor of Meteorology
GeorgeMarx1894Division of Illustrations and Engravings. Chief
Silas CheeverMason1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Walter EldridgeMathewson1921Bureau of Chemistry
Alexander G.McAdie1894Priv Sec
John ChambersMcDowell1921dairy specialist
Norman EugeneMcIndoo1921Bureau of Entomology
RolandMcKee1921agronomist
Randolph Evans BenderMcKenney1901-1904pathology
James Edward JrMcMurtrey1921Bureau of Plant Industry
WilliamMcMurtrie1872-1873chemist
James BirtleyMcNair1918asst Bureau of Chemistry
ArchibaldMcNaught1912Washington, DC
JeromeMcNeill1890-1891field agent
ElwoodMead1898irrigation investigation
C. HartMerriam1894Ornithologist
Elmer DrewMerrill1899-1902agrostologist
Leonard A.Merritt1896compiler
HavenMetcalf1906pathologist
HavenMetcalf1905special agent
ManlyMichaels1906
WilliamMiddletonBureau of Entomology
Francis GarnerMiller1901Bureau of Forestry
Robert DennistonMilner1898Middletown, CT
George FrederickMitchell1921bureau of chemistry
John RobbinsMohler1897asst Bureau of Animal Industry
J. LouisMonarch1912Washington, DC
George ThomasMoore1901-1902Bureau of Plant Industry
Veranus AlvaMoore1895-1896Bureau of Animal Industry
Edward LymanMorris1898Herbarium
J. SterlingMorton1894Secretary of Agriculture
Lewis StormsMunson1899Bureau of Chemistry
Edward J.Murphy1912Washington, DC
Paul IngoldMurrill1902-1903Middletown, CTnutrition investigation
James C.Nagle1900-1903irrigation investigation
Edward WilliamNelson1891field naturalist
Elnathan KemperNelson1909-1912asst Bureau of Chemistry
Harry TurnerNewcomb1895-1899division of statistics
Edith B.Newman1914
William J.O'Leary1912Washington, DC
Harry ChurchOberholser1895ornithologist
Eunice RockwoodOberly1921Bureau of Plant Industry
William AllenOrton1899pathologist
HerbertOsborn1885-1894Division of Entomology
John IsaacPainter1912Washington, DC
Theodore ShermanPalmer1912Washington, DC
T. S.Palraer1894First Asst Ornithologist
Louis HermannPammel1889vegetable pathology
Flora WambaughPatterson1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Raymond AllenPearson1895-1902Dairy Division
Mary EnglePennington1905Bureau of Chemistry
Isaac S.Pennybacker1912Washington, DC
James EdmundPennybacker1912Washington, DCOffice Public Roads
Frederick W.Perkins1921division of publications
E. L.Phillips1894Bureau of Animal Industry, Asst Statistician
Everett FranklinPhillips1921Bureau of Entomology
James MadisonPickens1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Newton BarrisPierce1902vegetable pathology
Roy GiffordPierce1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Adrian JohnPieters1895-1900botanist
Charles VancouverPiper1903-1904agrostologist
Charles LouisPollard1894-1895curator
George HaroldPowell1901-1903pomologist
OlaPowell1921home economist
Frederick FieldingPower1916bureau of chemistry
James ReginaldPower1915
Wilmer ChrismanPowick1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Harrie AlbertPratt1902-1907Middletown, CTScientific asst
Edward AlexanderPreble1892Field naturalist
Altus L.Quaintance1903Bureau of Entomology
Altus LacyQuaintance1903Bureau of Entomology
Charles ErnestRamser1913-1915Washington, DCasst, drainage engineer
Frederick VernonRand1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Brayton H.Ransom1903Bureau of Animal Industry
Bernard H.Rawl1905Bureau of Animal Industry
Paul MarshallRea1903Bureau of Forestry
Clarence ArthurReed1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Albert GainesRice1900chief clerk, Bureau of Soils
EdgarRichards1882-1887chemist
CliffordRichardson1878-1883chemist
Percy L.Ricker1921asst Bureau of Plant Industry
C. V.Riley1894Entomologist
John WilliamRoberts1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Henry A.Robinson1894Bureau of Animal Industry, Statistician
Thomas RalphRobinson1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Julius E.Rockwell1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Glenwood CoblentzRoe1921asst Bureau of Animal Industry
Lore AlfordRogers1902dairy bacteriologist
Sievert AllenRohwer1921Bureau of Entomology
Peter HenryRolfs1901-1906Bureau of Plant Industry
George M.Rommel1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Joseph NelsonRose1888-1896botany
Bennett BattleRoss1895-1890nutrition investigation
William H.Ross1912Bureau of Soils
FilibertRoth1903special agent
FilibertRoth1890-1898
Elmer GardnerRunyan1890-1903Bureau of Chemistry
Frank R.Rutter1899-1909
Per AxelRydberg1891-1896Division of Agrostology
William EdwinSafford1920to Pan-Pacific Scientific Conference
D. E.Salmon1894Bureau of Animal Industry, Chief
Alfred MarcusSanchez1902-1903Soil Survey
Ezra DwightSanderson1899Division of Entomology
WilliamSaunders1894Horticulturist and Supt of Gardens and Grounds
Frank M.Schertz1921Bureau of Plant Industry
HermanSchlundt1902Soil chemist
Cooper DavisSchmitt1895-1898statist
Waldo La SalleSchmitt1907-1910economic botany
OswaldSchreiner1903chemist
OswaldSchreiner1902chemistry
Hermann vonSchrenk1898-1901vegetable physiology
Carl S.Scofield1921Bureau of Plant Industry
William MooreScott1904Bureau of Plant Industry
Melville AmasaScovell1884-1885Special agent
William HenrySeaman1869-1879
AthertonSeidell1900-1905bureau of soils
William ErnestShaefer1921Bureau of Chemistry
Homer Le RoyShantz1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Cornelius LottShear1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Earl WooddellSheets1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Edmund P.Sheldon1897botany
John LewisSheldon1902-1903Vegetable Pathology
Henry ClappSherman1898-1899nutrition investigations
James MarionShull1921botanical artist
Charles BairdSimpson1901-1903Division of Entomology
Homer CollarSkeels1921botanist
Joshua J.Skinner1921chemist
Arthur WhitmoreSmith1894-1899Physical asst
Clarence BeamanSmith1921office of extension work
Clinton GoldSmith1921
Erwin F.Smith1921Bureau of Plant Industry
HarlanSmith1921director of information
Harry MonmouthSmith1894-1895nutrition investigation
Horace E.Smith1894Chief Clerk
Jared GageSmith1895-1899agrostologist
John BernhardtSmith1884-1886Special agent
Mark SumnerSmith1914-1916stenographer
TheobaldSmith1884-1895Bureau Animal Industry
John FergusonSnell1898-1901Middletown, CTnutrition investigation
HarrySnyder1898nutrition investigations
Thomas ElliottSnyder1921Bureau of Entomology
Gustavus B.Spence1912Washington, DC
G. L.Spencer1894Bureau of Animal Industry, 1st Asst Chemist
George CarlSpencer1921Bureau of Chemistry
William JasperSpillman1901-1905division of grasses and forage plants
John MooreStedman1890-1891biologist
Edward StriebySteele1891-1902Washington, DC
RobertStein1912Washington, DCChief of Bureau of Statistics
Robert AaronSteinberg1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Neil EverettStevens1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Charles WardellStiles1891-1902Zoologist
Warner W.Stockberger1903Bureau of Plant Industry
Horace EdwardStockbridge1880chemist
William Alonzo, JrStocking1905dairy bacteria
RoyStone1894Office of Road Inquiry. Special agent in charge
WilliamStuart1921horticulturist
Michael XavierSullivan1907-1915biochemist in soil fertility
Walter T.Swingle1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Giles RussellTaggart1900-1903
Alfred ErnestTaylor1907Bureau of Chemistry
James NormanTaylor1921chemist
ThomasTaylor1894Microscopist
William AltonTaylor1891
CharlesThom1904cheese expert
Edward Sharpe GaigeTitus1903Bureau of Entomology
Henry AugustusTorrey1894-1895Middletown, CTfood investigations
James WilliamTourney1899-1900Bureau of Forestry
Olin FreemanTower1895-1898Middletown, CTAsst chemist
Charles Henry TylerTownsend1889-1891entomologist
Charles OrrinTownsend1901pathologist
Samuel MillsTracy1887Special agent
William W.Tracy1902
WilliamTrelease1879cotton insects
Alfred CharlesTrue1889-1891office of experiment stations
Rodney HowardTrue1902Bureau of Plant Industry
Henry WardTurner1882
WalterVan Fleet1921Washington, DCBureau of Plant Industry
Fletcher PearreVeitch1921Bureau of Chemistry
Henry A.Vieth1896statistician
Harry NelsonVinall1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Joseph SanfordWade1913Bureau of Entomology
William H.Waggaman1921chemist
Charles EdmundWait1888chemist
Merton B.Waite1888Bureau of Plant Industry
Merton BenwayWaite1888-1901pathologist
Percy HargravesWalker1904-1906Bureau of Chemistry
PelhamWalton1921chemist
William RandolphWalton1921entomologist
Clyde W.Warburton1921Bureau of Plant Industry
James M.Watt1894Curator
Jesse LeeWebb1921entomologist
Herbert JohnWebber1892-1899pathologist
Francis MarionWebster1884-1892Special agent
James LeroyWeimer1921Bureau of Plant Industry
William Henry JrWeston1920investigating corn diseases
Charles FayWheeler1902Bureau of Plant Industry
Charles AbiatharWhite1881Artesian Wells Commission
Charles H.White1912Washington, DC
Harry NicholsWhitford1901-1904botany
MiltonWhitney1921chief, Bureau of Soils
William FranklinWight1900bureau of plant industry
Harvey WashingtonWiley1883chemist
Charles BurgessWilliams1901Bureau of Soils
James R.Williams1912Washington, DC
John OscarWilliams1921senior animal husbandman
William M.Williams1917-1920solicitor
George T.Willingmyre1913-1916representative in Canada
Joel G.Winkjer1921Bureau of Animal Industry
William AlphonsoWithers1905statistical agent
Albert FredWoods1894-1900Division of Veg. Physiology
Charles DaytonWoods1894food investigations
Elmer OttisWooton1900-1902agent, bureau forestry
SewallWright1921Bureau of Animal Industry
Everett D.Yerby1894Cashier
Peter A.Yoder1921Bureau of Plant Industry
Robert ArmstrongYoung1921Bureau of Plant Industry
A.Zappone1894Asst Disbursing Officer
Harper FylerZoller1921Bureau of Animal Industry