REGULATORY · WV · 1989-2013
Gus Douglass
Agriculture Commissioner · Democrat · West Virginia
On the record
24-year tenure (also served 1965-1989)
Background
West Virginia's Agriculture Commissioner 1989–2013: Gus Douglass — 24-year tenure. Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Walt Helmick. Note: 24-year tenure (also served 1965-1989). Same-year political environment (1989): Governor Gaston Caperton; Secretary of State Ken Hechler.
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Others who held this office in West Virginia
- Kent Leonhardt (2025-present)
- Kent Leonhardt (2017-2025)
- Walt Helmick (2013-2017)
- Cleve Benedict (1989-1993)
- Gus R. Douglass (1965-1989)
- John H. Johnson (1949-1965)