| 词条 | Reagan V. Brown |
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|name=Reagan Veasy Brown |image= |office=7th Agriculture Commissioner of Texas |term_start=1977 |term_end=January 1983 |preceded=John C. White |succeeded=Jim Hightower |governor=Dolph Briscoe (1977–1979) Bill Clements (1979–1983) |birth_date={{birth date|1921|9|21}}[1] |birth_place=Henderson, Texas, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1999|11|16|1921|9|20}} |death_place=Brazos County, Texas, U.S. |resting_place= |spouse= |children= |residence=Brazos County, Texas |alma_mater=Texas A&M University |religion= |occupation=Farmer; County extension agent |allegiance={{flag|United States}} |branch={{army|United States}} |battles=World War II }} Reagan Veasy Brown (September 20, 1921 – November 16, 1999) was the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture from 1977 to 1983. Early yearsHe was born on September 20, 1921, he lost a finger in an accident when he was young. Brown graduated from Texas A&M University in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} Texas agriculture commissionerGovernor Dolph Briscoe appointed Brown to succeed longtime Agriculture Commissioner John C. White, when White resigned to serve in the Carter administration in Washington, D.C.In 1978, Brown was elected under the new statute providing four-year terms for statewide elected officials. He was known for his fight for pest and predator control. To prevent the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly from California to Texas in 1981, Brown required California produce to be fumigated before entering the state. Under special legislation passed during the fruit-fly crisis, the department was authorized to seize or to destroy infested products and to stop interstate and intrastate traffic to enforce the law. Brown also worked to halt the spread of the imported fire ant. He even famously put his hand into a fire ant mound at the urging of a television reporter while news cameras rolled. However, his opponent in the 1982 Democratic primary election, the liberal journalist and commentator Jim Hightower, accused him of manufacturing the fire ant crisis to win reelection. Hightower unseated Brown in a heavily Democratic year in Texas and nationally. Eight years later Hightower was himself unseated by future Governor Rick Perry. Lucky B RanchIn 1983, Brown bought the Lucky B Ranch near Bryan, Texas. He bred bison, which were once plentiful in Texas but had since been hunted to near-extinction.[2] DeathBrown died in a farm tractor accident at his ranch in Brazos County on November 16, 1999.[3] References1. ^{{cite book|title=Texas state directory|date=1982|volume=25|publisher=Texas Pub. Co.|issn=0363-7530|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYOIAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2014-11-17}} {{S-start}}{{S-off}}{{Succession box2. ^ Lucky B Bison Ranch|] 3. ^The Political Graveyard| | before=John C. White | title=Texas Agriculture Commissioner | after=Jim Hightower | years=1977–1983 }}{{S-end}}{{Agriculture Commissioners of Texas}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Reagan V.}} 12 : 1921 births|1999 deaths|United States Army personnel|American army personnel of World War II|Agriculture commissioners of Texas|Texas Democrats|Texas A&M University alumni|People from Brazos County, Texas|Accidental deaths in Texas|Farming accident deaths|20th-century American politicians|People from Henderson, Texas |
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