What is John Albert Knebel?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Knebel |image = John Albert Knebel - USDA portrait.png |office = 19th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] |president = [[Gerald Ford]] |term_start = November 4, 1976 |term_end = January 20, 1977 |predecessor = [[Earl Butz]] |successor = [[Robert Bergland]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|10|4}} |birth_place = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Zenia Marks |education = [[United States Military Academy]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[Creighton University]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]])}}<br>[[American University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}} }} '''John Albert Knebel''' (born October 4, 1936) is an American government official. He served as [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] under [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]] serving from November 4, 1976 through January 20, 1977.<ref name=fordbioak>{{cite web|title=Biographies of Cabinet Department Secretaries during the Gerald R. Ford Presidency, 1974-1977: A-K|url=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/cabinet/cabineta-k.pdf|work=The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Digital Library|publisher=[[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library]]|access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> His period in this office was brief and ended January 20, 1977, when [[Jimmy Carter]] replaced Ford in the [[White House]].<ref name=usda>{{cite web|title=Former Secretaries|url=http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?edeployment_action=retrievecontent&contentid=about_usda_past_usda_secretaries.xml&navid=FORMER_SECRETARIES&parentnav=ABOUT_USDA&entriesperpage=10&pageindex=2|work=USDA.gov|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=22 March 2013|archive-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227085725/https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?edeployment_action=retrieveco