Clayton Yeutter

Clayton Yeutter
Counselor to the President
In office February 1, 1992 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Edwin Meese (1985)
Succeeded by	David Gergen
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office January 25, 1991 – February 1, 1992
Preceded by	Lee Atwater
Succeeded by	Richard Bond
23rd United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office February 16, 1989 – March 1, 1991
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Richard Edmund Lyng
Succeeded by	Edward Rell Madigan
9th United States Trade Representative
In office July 1, 1985 – January 20, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Bill Brock
Succeeded by	Carla Anderson Hills
Personal details
Born	Clayton Keith Yeutter (1930-12-10)December 10, 1930 Eustis, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	March 4, 2017(2017-03-04) (aged 86) Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Jeanne Vierk ​ ​ (m. 1952; died 1993)​ Cristena Bach ​ (m. 1995)​
Relations	9 (grandchildren)
Children	7
Education	University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS, JD, MS, PhD) University of Wisconsin–Madison

Clayton Keith Yeutter, ONZM (/ˈjaɪtər/; December 10, 1930 – March 4, 2017)^[1] was an American politician who served as United States secretary of agriculture under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991 before serving as counselor to the president in 1992. He served as United States trade representative from 1985 to 1989 and as chairman for the Republican National Committee from 1991 until 1992. Yeutter was employed as a senior advisor at the international law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C. He additionally founded the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university subsequently published his biography, Rhymes with Fighter.

Yeutter was born in Eustis, Nebraska. Yeutter was a graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from which he received a multiple degrees in agricultural economics. Yeutter later served as assistant secretary of agriculture for marketing and consumer services from 1973 to 1974, assistant secretary of agriculture for international affairs and commodity programs from 1974 to 1975, and deputy special representative for trade negotiations from 1975 to 1977.