What is Gus Douglass?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Gus R. Douglass |image = Gus Douglass.jpg |caption = Douglass in September 2008 |office = [[West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture]] |governor = [[Gaston Caperton]], [[Cecil H. Underwood]], [[Bob Wise]], [[Joe Manchin]], [[Earl Ray Tomblin]] |term_start = 1993 |term_end = 2013 |predecessor = [[Cleve Benedict]] |successor = [[Walt Helmick]] |governor2 = [[Hulett C. Smith]], [[Arch A. Moore, Jr.]], [[Jay Rockefeller]] |term_start2 = 1965 |term_end2 = 1989 |predecessor2 = [[John T. Johnson (West Virginia)|John T. Johnson]] |successor2 = [[Cleve Benedict]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|22}} |birth_place = [[Mason County, West Virginia|Mason County]], [[West Virginia]], [[U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age |2015|3|19|1927|2|22}} |death_place = Mason County, West Virginia, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] |spouse = Anna Lee Douglass |alma_mater = [[West Virginia University]] }} '''Gus R. Douglass''' (February 22, 1927 – March 19, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] politician and member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He served as [[Agriculture Commissioner]] of [[West Virginia]] for 44 years.<ref name=tj>{{cite web|url=http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/589671/Tomblin-takes-oath-of-office-again.html|title=Tomblin takes oath of office again|date=January 15, 2013|accessdate=February 1, 2013|work=[[The Journal (West Virginia newspaper)|The Journal]]|first=Matthew|last=Burdette|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180950/http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/589671/Tomblin-takes-oath-of-office-again.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Douglass died from falling two days earlier in his house in Mason County on March 19, 2015 aged 88.<ref>{{cite web | author = | title =Former W.Va. agriculture commissioner Gus Douglass dies | website =[[The Journal (West Virginia newspaper)|The Journal]]