Distinguished 4-H Alumni in Public Service
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | STATE | CURRENT/FORMER POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watkins | Abbitt | U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia | |
| Gen. Creighton | Abrams | MA | General, U.S. Army |
| Carl | Albert | OK | Speaker of the U.S. House |
| Bill | Alexander | U.S. House of Representatives, Arkansas | |
| Lamar | Alexander | TN | Pres. of U of Tenn, U.S. Secretary of Education |
| Thomas | Andrews | ME | U.S. House of Representatives, Maine |
| Chester | Atkins | MA | U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts |
| William | Avery | Kansas Governor | |
| Howard | Baker | TN | Tennessee Senate/White House Chief of Staff |
| Richard | Baker | U.S. House of Representatives, Louisiana | |
| John E. | Baldacci | U.S. House of Representatives, Maine | |
| John | Baldwin | U.S. House of Representatives, California | |
| Gerald | Baliles | VA | Governor of Virginia |
| Roy | Barnes | GA | Governor of Georgia |
| Roscoe | Bartlett | MD | U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland |
| Birch | Bayh | IN | U.S. Senate, U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
| Charlotte | Beason | Department of Veterans Affairs | |
| Alan | Berg | Mayor, Corvallis OR | |
| Robert | Bergland | MN | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
| Tom | Bevill | U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama | |
| John | Block | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture | |
| Leonard L. | Boswell | IA | U.S. House of Representatives, Iowa |
| Rick | Boucher | U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia | |
| Delman | Bowers | Mayor, Waterloo, Iowa | |
| Jane | Brady | DE | Delaware Attorney General |
| Sam | Brownback | KS | Senator, Kansas |
| Harold | Brubaker | PA | Speaker of House, NC Legislature |
| Leland | Bull | PA | Past Secretary of AG |
| Dale | Bumpers | AR | U.S. Senate, Arkansas |
| Conrad | Burns | U.S. Senate, Montana | |
| Earl | Butz | IN | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
| William | Buy | Governor, North Dakota | |
| Ben Nighthorse | Campbell | CO | U.S. Senate, Colorado |
| John | Carlin | KS | Governor, Kansas |
| Harry | Carrico | VA | Virginia Judicial Chief Justice |
| Rosalynn | Carter | GA | U.S. First Lady |
| Bill | Chappell | U.S. House of Representatives, Florida | |
| Donal | Clausen | U.S. House of Representatives, California | |
| Eva M. | Clayton | NC | U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina |
| Howard | Coble | U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina | |
| Thad | Cochran | MS | U.S. Senate, Mississippi |
| Tony | Coelho | U.S. House of Representatives, California | |
| J. Earl | Coke | Assistant Secretary/USDA | |
| Martha | Collins | KY | Governor, Kentucky |
| Larry | Combest | U.S. House of Representatives, Texas | |
| Jim | Cooper | U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee | |
| Ruth | Correll | Mayor, Boulder CO | |
| Larry | Craig | ID | U.S. House of Representatives, Idaho |
| Fred | Dailey | OH | Director of Agriculture |
| Buddy | Darden | U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia | |
| Thomas | Darling | Major General, USAF | |
| Danny K. | David | IL | U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois |
| Robert | Davis | U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan | |
| Nathan | Deal | GA | U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia |
| Yvonne | Dehmer | MT | 1994 Miss Montana |
| Mike | De Wine | OH | U.S. Senate, Ohio |
| Byron | Dorgan | U.S. House of Representatives, North Dakota | |
| Bonnie | Dunbar | WA | Astronaut, NASA |
| John | Duncan | U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee | |
| Jennifer | Dupont | LA | 2004 Miss Louisiana and 2005 Miss America 1st Runner-up |
| Roy | Dyson | U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland | |
| Buford | Ellington | Governor, Tennessee | |
| Bill | Emerson | U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri | |
| John | Engler | MI | Governor, Michigan |
| Glenn | English | U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma | |
| Ralph | Erickstad | North Dakota Judicial Chief Justice | |
| Mary | Fallen | OK | Lt. Governor, Oklahoma |
| Ronnie | Flippo | U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama | |
| Wendell | Ford | KY | U.S. Senate, Kentucky |
| William | Ford | U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan | |
| Virginia | Foxx | U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina | |
| Sandy | Garrett | OK | Oklahoma State Superintendant of Public Education |
| Raymond | Gary | Oklahoma Governor | |
| Sam | Gejdenson | U.S. House of Representatives, Connecticut | |
| Richard | Givan | Indiana Judicial Chief Justice | |
| Virginia | Gobeli | RI | National 4-H Program Leader, USDA/CSREES, F4HN |
| Louis | Goldstein | State Comptroller, MD | |
| William | Goodling | U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania | |
| Albert | Gore | TN | U.S. Vice President, U.S. Senate |
| Robert | Graham | FL | U.S. Senate, Florida |
| Bill | Grant | U.S. House of Representatives, Florida | |
| Judd | Gregg | NH | U.S. Senator, New Hampshire |
| Richard | Grubb | PA | Secretary of Agriculture |
| Robert | Guernsey | IN | County Commissioner & 4-H Council Member, Indiana |
| Steve | Gunderson | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin | |
| William | Guy | Governor, North Dakota | |
| Ralph | Hall | U.S. House of Representatives, Texas | |
| John Paul | Hammerschmidt | U.S. House of Representatives, Arkansas | |
| Clifford | Hansen | WY | Governor & U.S. Senator, Wyoming |
| Charles | Hardcastle | Mayor, Bowling Green KY | |
| Clifford | Hardin | IN | Secretary of Agriculture |
| Tom | Harkin | IA | U.S. Senate, Iowa |
| Katherine | Harris | FL | U.S. House of Representatives, Florida |
| J. Dennis | Hastert | U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois/House Speaker | |
| Orrin | Hatch | U.S. Senate, Utah | |
| Charles | Hatcher | U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia | |
| J. D. | Hayworth | AZ | U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona |
| Wally | Herger | U.S. House of Representatives, California | |
| Clyde | Holloway | U.S. House of Representatives, Louisana | |
| Lt. Gen. Russel | Honoré | LA | Commanding General, First United States Army |
| Jerry | Huckaby | U.S. House of Representatives, Louisana | |
| Kenny | Hulshof | MO | U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri |
| James | Hunt | NC | Governor, North Carolina |
| Earl | Hutto | U.S. House of Representatives, Florida | |
| Ed | Jenkins | U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia | |
| William L. | Jenkins | TN | U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee |
| Michael | Johanns | IA | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
| Christopher | John | LA | U.S. House of Representatives, Louisiana |
| Ed | Jones | U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee | |
| Patty | Judge | IA | Secretary of Agriculture, Iowa |
| Nancy | Kassebaum | U.S. Senator, Kansas | |
| Kelly | Keiser | NE | 2005 Miss Nebraska |
| Bob | Kennedy | ME | President, University of Maine |
| Patricia | Kempthorne | ID | First Lady, Idaho |
| Jacqueline | Kennedy-Onassis | U.S. First Lady | |
| Juanita | Kidd Stout | PA | Judge |
| Ron | Kind | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin | |
| Elizabeth | Kinney | OK | 2004 Miss Oklahoma |
| Bruce | Knight | USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs | |
| Jim | Kolbe | AZ | U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona |
| Jon | Kyl | AZ | U.S. Senate, Arizona |
| Martin | Lancaster | U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina | |
| Alan | Lance | ID | State Attorney General, Idaho |
| Tom | Latham | IA | U.S. House of Representatives, Iowa |
| Tiffany | Lawrence | WV | 2006 Miss West Virginia |
| Jim | Lightfoot | U.S. House of Representatives, Iowa | |
| John | Lindgren | Mayor, Fargo ND | |
| Thomas | Luken | U.S House of Representatives, Ohio | |
| Marjorie | Manufa | HA | Family Court Judge |
| Elaine | Marshall | MD | Secretary of State, North Carolina |
| Mitch | McConnell | KY | U.S. Senate, Kentucky |
| Koln | McKay | U.S. House of Representatives, Utah | |
| Jacque | Mercer | AZ | 1949 Miss America |
| Tom | Middleton | MI | State Representative |
| James | Miller | Director, U.S. OMB | |
| Lambert | Mims | Mayor, Mobile AL | |
| Ruth Ann | Miner | Lt. Governor, Delaware | |
| Walter | Mondale | U.S. Senator & Vice President | |
| Louis | Montano | NM | Mayor, Santa Fe NM |
| William | Mott | Administrator, National Park Service | |
| Edmund | Muskie | ME | U.S. Senator & Secretary of State |
| John | Myers | U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana | |
| Sue Wilkins | Myrick | NC | U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina |
| Bill | Nelson | FL | U.S. House of Representatives & Senate, Florida |
| Bill | Nichols | U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama | |
| Pat | Nixon | CA | U.S. First Lady |
| Sam | Nunn | GA | U.S. Senate, Georgia |
| Ellison | Onizuka | HA | Astronaut, NASA |
| C. L. "Butch" | Otter | ID | Lt. Governor, Idaho |
| Rod | Paige | MS | U.S. Secretary of Education |
| Paul | Patton | KY | Governor, Kentucky |
| Sonny | Perdue | GA | Governor of Georgia |
| Sally | Peterson | IA | Lt. Governor of Iowa |
| Paul | Pfeifer | OH | State Supreme Court Judge |
| Chip | Pickering | MS | U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi |
| Dick | Posthumus | Lt. Governor, Michigan | |
| Larry | Pressler | SD | U.S. Senate, South Dakota |
| Graham | Purcell | U.S. House of Representatives, Texas | |
| Adam H. | Putnam | FL | U.S. House of Representatives, Florida |
| Ralph | Regula | U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio | |
| Lewis | Riley | MD | Secretary of Agriculture, Maryland |
| Pat | Roberts | KS | U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas |
| Jonathan | Rogers | Mayor, El Paso TX | |
| Jerry | Ross | IN | Astronaut, NASA |
| Karen | Ross | IN | Manager, Food Processing and Product Support, United Space Alliance, NASA/Johnson Space Center |
| Roy | Rowland | U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia | |
| Martin | Sabo | U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota | |
| Dan | Schaefer | U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado | |
| Alfred | Schroeder | KS | Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court |
| Robert | Scott | Governor, North Carolina | |
| W. Kerr | Scott | U.S. Senate, North Carolina | |
| Jeff | Sessions | U.S. Senate, Alabama | |
| Peter | Sforrazza | NV | Mayor, Reno NV |
| Gen. Henry | Shelton | NC | General U.S. Army, Chairman Joint Chiefs |
| Alan | Shepard | NH | Astronaut, NASA |
| Paul | Simon | IL | U.S. Senate, Illinois |
| Jim | Slattery | U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas | |
| D. French | Slaughter | U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia | |
| Billy Ray | Smith | KY | Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture |
| Neal | Smith | U.S. House of Representatives, Iowa | |
| Robert | Smith | U.S. Senate, New Hampshire | |
| Virginia | Smith | U.S. House of Representatives, Nebraska | |
| John | Sparkman | U.S. Senate, Alabama | |
| Floyd | Spence | U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina | |
| Debbie | Stabenow | U.S. House of Representatives & Senate, Michigan | |
| David | Stockman | Director, U.S. OMB | |
| Arlan | Strangeland | U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota | |
| Bob | Stump | U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona | |
| Mike | Sullivan | WY | Governor of Wyoming, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland |
| Cal | Swanson | CO | Capt. U.S. Navy, Assist Chief of Staff for Air Warfare |
| Steve | Symms | ID | U.S. Senate, Idaho |
| Mike | Synar | U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma | |
| Herman | Talmadge | U.S. Senate, Georgia | |
| Charles | Taylor | NC | U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina |
| Gene | Taylor | U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri | |
| Craig | Thomas | WY | U.S. Senator, Wyoming |
| Lindsay | Thomas | U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia | |
| Bennie | Thompson | MS | U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi |
| Tommy | Thompson | WI | Governor, Wisconsin |
| Jill Long | Thomson | IN | U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana |
| Dan | Thornton | Governor, Colorado | |
| Strom | Thurmond | SC | U.S. Senate, South Carolina |
| Randall L. | Tobias | IN | Ambassador, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; former Eli Lilly and Company Chairman, President and CEO. |
| Edolphus | Towns | U.S. House of Representatives, New York | |
| Bob | Traxler | U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan | |
| J. Arthur | Tufts | NH | State Senator, House of Representatives |
| Morris | Udall | AZ | U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona |
| Wilma | Vaught | IL | Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (first female USAF general) |
| Ann | Veneman | CA | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
| John | Waihee | HA | Governor, Hawaii |
| Olene | Walker | UT | Governor, Utah |
| George | Wallace | Governor, Alabama | |
| Malcolm | Wallop | WY | U.S. Senate, Wyoming |
| Wes | Watkins | U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma | |
| Vin | Weber | U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota | |
| Gerald "Jerry" | Weller | IL | U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois |
| Peggy A. | Whitson | IA | NASA Astronaut |
| Jamie | Whitten | MS | U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi |
| Donald | Williams | IN | NASA astronaut |
| Charles | Wilson | U.S. House of Representatives, Texas | |
| Heather | Wilson | NM | U.S. House of Representatives, New Mexico |
| J. Woodrow | Wilson | South Carolina Judicial Chief Justice | |
| Dale | Wolf | Lt. Governor, Delaware | |
| Clayton | Yeutter | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
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