REGULATORY · WV · 1949-1965
John H. Johnson
Agriculture Commissioner · Democrat · West Virginia
Background
West Virginia's Agriculture Commissioner 1949–1965: John H. Johnson — 16-year tenure. Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Gus R. Douglass. Same-year political environment (1949): Governor Okey L. Patteson.
Auto-synthesized summary from Officium's indexed fields (tenure, predecessor / successor chain, career arc, FEC matches). Treat as derived metadata, not primary source.
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 Douglass (1989-2013)
- Gus R. Douglass (1965-1989)