List of Agriculture Commissioners of North Dakota

The following is a list of Agriculture Commissioners of North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

since 1966 when the office was established. Prior to 1966, the office was combined with the North Dakota Commissioner of Labor and was called the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor

North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor

The North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor was an elected official who headed the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and Labor. The office was established with the state's constitution in 1889, and was split into two separate offices—the North Dakota Commissioner of Labor and the...

. The holders of that office can be found at the List of North Dakota Commissioners of Agriculture and Labor. Commissioners from Dahl to Vogel were officially known as Commissioners of Agriculture, while commissioners Johnson and those to follow are known as Agriculture Commissioners. This is due to a change of title that was voted on in 1996. Agriculture Commissioners serve four year terms.

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Arne Dahl	1966–1974	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
2	Myron Just Myron Just Myron Just is a North Dakota politician and farmer who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1974 to 1980, and in the North Dakota Senate from 1971 to 1973. He farms near Berlin, North Dakota.-Notes:...	1974–1980	Democratic-NPL North Dakota Democratic NPL Party The North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party of the United States...
3	H. Kent Jones H. Kent Jones H. Kent Jones was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1981 to 1988...	1981–1988	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
4	Sarah Vogel Sarah Vogel Sarah Vogel is a North Dakota politician and lawyer who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1989 to 1997. She is also a lawyer, specializing in agricultural law. Prior to her service as North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture, Sarah Vogel was a champion of family farmers...	1989–1997	Democratic-NPL North Dakota Democratic NPL Party The North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party of the United States...
5	Roger Johnson Roger Johnson (North Dakota) Roger Johnson is the immediate past North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He was first elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2000, 2004, and 2006. Johnson served as the president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture ...	1997–2009	Democratic-NPL North Dakota Democratic NPL Party The North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party of the United States...
6	Doug Goehring Doug Goehring Doug Goehring is the current North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner. A Republican, he was appointed to the office by Governor John Hoeven on April 6, 2009 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic-NPL incumbent Roger Johnson to become president of the National Farmers...	2009–present	Republican

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