Sarah Vogel

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Sarah Vogel (born 1946) is a North Dakota politician and lawyer who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1989 to 1997. She is also a lawyer, specializing in agricultural law.[1] Prior to her service as North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture, Sarah Vogel was a champion of family farmers during the 1980's farm crisis, most significantly as lead attorney in the Coleman v. Block litigation. Coleman v. Block was a national class action case, filed by Sarah Vogel on behalf of 240,000 farmers, which resulted in an injunction prohibiting USDA from foreclosing on nearly 80,000 farm families. Sarah Vogel currently practices law with three other attorneys at the Sarah Vogel Law Firm in Bismarck, North Dakota.

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Preceded by
H. Kent Jones
Agriculture Commissioner of North Dakota
19891997
Succeeded by
Roger Johnson