James Wilson (1835-1920), Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 to 1913, seated in a horse-drawn carriage with an unidentified African American driver. Wilson served as Secretary during three presidencies and holds the record as the longest-serving United States Cabinet member. Before his tenure as Secretary, he was a professor of agriculture at Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University), where he advised George Washington Carver. (USA)

---

Size: 6176px × 4118px
Location: Unknown.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: .., 1910s, 20th, advisor, african, agricultural, agriculture, alpha, america, american, ames, archival, archive, buggy, cabinet, carriage, carver, century, college, commission, county, department, digest, early, educator, experiment, food, george, grinnell, historica, historical, history, horse, horse-drawn, house, inspection, iowa, james, jim, mckinley, member, modernization, party, politician, portrait, president, professor, railway, representatives, republican, science, scottish-american, secretary, state, states, station, tama, traer, united, university, usa, usda, washington, william, wilson