Agricultural Statesmen and Legislators

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (; 18 April 1674-21 June 1738) was a British Whig statesman.

Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810, December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855-1867) and United States Senate (1867-1898).

Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (6 May 1754-30 June 1842), known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, was a British politician and agricultural reformer.

William Dempster Hoard (October 10, 1836, November 22, 1918) was an American politician, newspaper publisher, and agriculture advocate who was the 16th governor of Wisconsin from 1889 to 1891.

Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865, December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas.

Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855, November 27, 1931) was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper owner who served as United States secretary of the interior (1893-1896), 58th governor of Georgia (1907-1909, 1911), and a United States senator (1911-1920) from Georgia.

Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848, January 20, 1927) was an American politician, farmer and railroad executive.

John Hare Powel (April 22, 1786, June 14, 1856) was an American agriculturist, politician, art collector, and philanthropist from Pennsylvania.

Philip Pusey (25 June 1799-9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Tory Member of Parliament (MP) and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel.

Clare Sewell Read (6 November 1826-21 August 1905) was a British agriculturist and Conservative politician.

Edmund Ruffin III (January 5, 1794, June 17, 1865) was an American planter, politician, scientist, and activist best known as an early advocate for secession of the Southern slave states from the United States.

Andrew John Volstead () (October 31, 1859, January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903-1923, and a member of the Republican Party.

Du Runsheng (Chinese: 杜润生; pinyin: Dù Rùnshēng; July 18, 1913, October 9, 2015) was a Chinese military officer, revolutionary leader, politician, and economist. He has been hailed as "China's father of rural reform".