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Also known as Thomas James Vilsack, Thomas James "Tom" Vilsack

40th Governor of Iowa; 30th and 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture (2021–2025)

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Gender
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Origin
Wales
Active from
1940-06-07
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President
Joe Biden
Deputy
Jewel H. Bronaugh , Xochitl Torres Small
Preceded by
Sonny Perdue
Succeeded by
Brooke Rollins
Lieutenant
Sally Pederson
Born
Thomas James Vilsack , ( 1950-12-13 ) December 13, 1950 (age 75) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party
Democratic
Spouse
Christie Bell ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ) ​
Education
Hamilton College ( BA ), Albany Law School ( JD )

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Tom Vilsack
date of birth
1950-12-13
name in native language
Tom Vilsack
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US Department of Agriculture
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org/governor/thomas-j-vilsack
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Thomas James Vilsack (/ˈvɪlsæk/; born December 13, 1950) is an American politician. He served as the 30th and 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 to 2017, during the Barack Obama administration, and again from 2021 to 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 40th Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.

On November 30, 2006, he formally launched his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2008 election, but ended his bid on February 23, 2007. President-elect Barack Obama announced Vilsack's selection to be Secretary of Agriculture on December 17, 2008. His nomination was unanimously confirmed on January 20, 2009 by the United States Senate . Until his resignation on January 13, 2017, one week prior to the end of Obama's second term as president, he had been the only member of the U.S. Cabinet who had served since the day Obama took office.

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