William Gates LeDuc (March 29, 1823 to October 30, 1917) was an American politician from Minnesota and Union Army veteran who served as the fourth United States Commissioner of Agriculture from July 1877 to 1881 under President Rutherford B. Hayes. During his tenure he reorganized the department, established a Division of Forestry, and laid the groundwork for the Bureau of Animal Industry.
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Defining ContributionReorganizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and founding its Division of Forestry as the fourth Commissioner of Agriculture 1 In the Other Atlases
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William Gates LeDuc (March 29, 1823, October 30, 1917) was an American politician from Minnesota who served as the fourth United States commissioner of agriculture from July 1, 1877, to 1881.
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