S. Doc. 105-24

The United States Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
1825-1998

Members, Jurisdiction, and History

Cover Photo: Representatives of various farmer's organizations meet with the Secretary of Agriculture, members of the Federal Farm Board, and the Senate Agriculture Committee November 24, 1930, to discuss proposed legislation for farm relief.

Seated, front row, left to right: Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., Republican of Delaware; Mr. Alexander Legge, Chairman of the Federal Farm Board; Senator Charles L. McNary, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a Republican from Oregon; and Secretary Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture.

Standing in rear, left to right: Mr. C.E. Hoff of the Farmer's Union; Senator Henrik Shipstead, a Farmer-Labor member from Minnesota; Mr. S.H. Thompson, of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Mr. J.C. Stone, of the Federal Farm Board; Senator Burton K. Wheeler, a Democrat from Montana; Senator James T. Heflin, a Democrat from Alabama; Senator Arthur Capper, a Republican from Kansas; Senator John W. Thomas, a Democrat from Oklahoma; and Mr. Louis J. Taber, of the National Grange.

Photo Courtesy: U.S. Senate Historical Office.

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