Gus R. Douglass (February 22, 1927 – March 19, 2015) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia for 44 years.
 First elected to that post in 1964, he served from 1965 to 1989, when he left office having run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor, and again from 1993 to 2013.
 He was the longest-serving Agriculture Commissioner in US history.
W. Britt Cobb, Jr. is a former North Carolina government official.
 His last position was as chief of staff for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue until she left office in January 2013.
 Previously, he had served as her Secretary of Administration (a member of the Governor's Cabinet).
 Cobb was also Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of North Carolina between June 2003 and February 2005.
 He was appointed to the post in June 2003 following the resignation of Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps and lost a hotly disputed race for the seat in 2004 to Republican Steve Troxler.
Mehmood-ur Rehman is an Indian civil servant, best known as the chairman of the 2008 Committee on "Socio-Economic Backwardness of Muslims in Maharashtra".
 He graduated in Law in 1962 and secured a master's degree in Persian from Allahabad University before joining the Uttar Pradesh civil services in 1965.
 A year later, he was selected to the Indian Administrative Service and served as the Assistant Commissioner in Anantnag District, Jammu and Kashmir during 1967–68.
 He also served as Sub Divisional Magistrate, Deputy Planning Secretary, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Development Commissioner, Ladakh and Agriculture Commissioner and Secretary.
 During his tenure as the Development Commissioner of Ladakh, he is reported to have introduced the Karakul sheep to the region.
 When the Vilas Rao Deshmukh ministry of Maharashtra decided to set up a committee to propose recommendations for the betterment of the socio-economic and educational conditions of the Muslim community, Rehman was selected to chair the committee.
 The committee stressed the social and educational backwardness of the Muslims and, after 16 months, submitted its report proposing 8 percent reservation for the community.
 His contributions are also reported behind the establishment of the Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture University and the Horticulture Processing and Marketing Corporation (HPMC).
 The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, in 1991.
In the U.S. state of North Dakota, the Agriculture Commissioner, formerly known as the Commissioner, is an elected official who heads the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.
 The present commissioner is Doug Goehring, a Republican.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
 She took office in January 2012 and is the first woman to hold the position.
 Prior to serving as Agriculture Commissioner, Hyde-Smith was a member of the Mississippi Senate for three terms, holding the position of Senate Agriculture Committee chair for eight years.
James R. Comer Jr. (born August 19, 1972) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky who currently represents the state's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
 He previously served as the Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky from 2012 to 2016 and in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012.
David E. Boswell is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, having represented the 8th District from 1990 to 2011.
 Earlier he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1978 through 1983.
 In 1983, he defeated Republican Richard Turner to be elected Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky with 64%.
 In 1987, he was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor unsuccessfully in the Democratic Primary on a ticket paired with Grady Stumbo.
 The Stumbo-Boswell ticket came in fourth.
 He returned the political arena and was the 2008 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District, and lost to Republican nominee Brett Guthrie.
 The congressional seat became open because of the retirement of Republican Ron Lewis.
The following is a list of Labor Commissioners of North Dakota.
 The office was established in 1966 when it, along with the North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, split from the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor.
 The office was an elected position on the no-party ballot from 1966 to 1998.
 Since 1999, the commissioner has been appointed by the Governor of North Dakota, and is part of the North Dakota State Cabinet.
Bart Rowland (born April 11, 1977) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 53 since the February 7, 2012 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative James Comer.
Dennis Howard (born September 10, 1954) is an American politician from Oklahoma that served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture under former Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating.
 Concurrent with his service as Secretary, Howard served as the Oklahoma Commissioner of Agriculture.
 Howard served as both Agriculture Secretary and Agriculture Commissioner for the entire term of Governor Keating, from 1995 to 2003.

Question: Which district did James Comer represent before becoming the Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky in 2012?
Answer: 53