Todd Staples

Todd Staples
11th Texas Agriculture Commissioner
In office
January 4, 2007[1] – November 16, 2014
GovernorRick Perry
Preceded bySusan Combs
Succeeded bySid Miller
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
January 9, 2001 – January 4, 2007
Preceded byDrew Nixon
Succeeded byRobert Nichols
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 11th district
In office
February 17, 1995 – January 9, 2001
Preceded byElton Bomer
Succeeded byChuck Hopson
Member of the Palestine City Council
In office
1989–1991
Personal details
Born
Douglas Todd Staples

(1963-08-24) August 24, 1963 (age 61)
Anderson County, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Unknown
​
(divorced)​
Janet Wendel Thorn
​
(m. 1994)​
Children4
Alma materTexas A&M University (BS)
OccupationReal estate, ranching

Douglas Todd Staples (born August 24, 1963)[2] is the former two-term Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. He unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2014.

On September 18, 2014, Staples announced that he would resign by mid-November to become president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, following a controversy surrounding his views on a "Meatless Monday" campaign being adopted by some Texas schools.[3]

  1. ^ "Looking back". Palestine Herald. 29 December 2007.
  2. ^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (2002-09-13). "State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
  3. ^ Gubbins, Teresa (September 15, 2014). "Texas ag commissioner belly aches about Meatless Monday program". CultureMap Dallas. Retrieved September 18, 2014.