Cabinet officers

Portrait of the Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan delivering a speech at an unidentified event.

Charles Brannan is sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. From left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard; Brannan; Arthur Thatcher, Chief Clerk of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary Grover B. Hill, Under Secretary of Agriculture; and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones.

Portrait of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.

One of the first official duties of the newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (first row, center) was to sign the second largest wheat crop in history. Pictured: (front row, left to right) Nathan Koenig, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture' Secretary Brannan; and William F. Callander, Chairman of the Federal Crop Reporting Board. (back row, left to right) Robert C. Tetro, Secretary of Outlook and Situation Board; Edward Paxton, Statistician for the State of Utah; J.E. Palleson, Secretary of the Board; Charles E.

The newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan signing a document.

Portrait of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.

Portrait of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.

Newly sworn in Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (left) shaking hands with Russell Smith, Legislative Secretary, National Farmers Union (right). Standing in the background is Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan.

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (left) with Illinois Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson (right).