predecessor successor birth_place president title party birth_date term_start order spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
earl l. butz robert s. bergland tulsa , oklahoma , u.s. gerald r. ford united states secretary of agriculture republican 4 october 1936 november 4 , 1976 19th zenia marks knebel john albert knebel - usda portrait.png john albert knebel
 january 20 , 1977 john a. knebel west point creighton university american university
john albert knebel

john albert knebel -lrb- born october 4 , 1936 -rrb- is a former united states government official who served as secretary of agriculture under president gerald ford .
