User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Commerce

This is a list of United States Secretaries of Commerce in order of longevity. There are currently thirty-eight Secretaries on the list and ten living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of June 3, 2024. The oldest Secretary is William A. Harriman (1891 - 1986), who died at the age of 94 years, 253 days. The oldest living Secretary is Frederick B. Dent. He is currently 101 years, 291 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since July 5, 2010.

To account for the different number of leap days within the life of each Secretary, two measures of longevity are given. The first is the number of whole years the Secretary lived, and the number of days past their last birthday. The second lists the total number of days lived by the Secretary.

List

Rank	Secretary	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years, Days)	Longevity (Days)
1	William A. Harriman	November 15, 1891	July 26, 1986	94 years, 253 days	34,586 days
2	Charles W. Sawyer	February 10, 1887	April 7, 1979	92 years, 56 days	33,658 days
3	Philip Klutznick	July 9, 1907	August 14, 1999	92 years, 36 days	33,639 days
4	Cyrus R. Smith	September 9, 1899	April 4, 1990	90 years, 207 days	33,079 days
5	Herbert Hoover	August 10, 1874	October 20, 1964	90 years, 71 days	32,943 days
6	Maurice Stans	March 22, 1908	April 14, 1998	90 years, 23 days	32,895 days
7	William Verity	January 26, 1917	January 3, 2007	89 years, 342 days	32,849 days
8	Frederick B. Dent	August 17, 1922	Living	101 years, 291 days	37,181 days
9	Juanita M. Kreps	January 11, 1921	July 5, 2010	89 years, 175 days	32,682 days
10	John T. Connor	November 3, 1914	October 6, 2000	85 years, 338 days	31,384 days
11	Peter G. Peterson	June 5, 1926	Living	97 years, 364 days	35,793 days
12	Joshua W. Alexander	January 22, 1852	February 27, 1936	84 years, 36 days	30,716 days
13	Robert Mosbacher	March 11, 1927	January 24, 2010	82 years, 319 days	30,270 days
14	Frederick H. Mueller	November 22, 1893	August 31, 1976	82 years, 283 days	30,232 days
15	Jesse H. Jones	April 5, 1874	June 1, 1956	82 years, 57 days	30,007 days
16	Norman Mineta	November 12, 1931	Living	92 years, 204 days	33,807 days
17	Robert P. Lamont	December 1, 1867	February 20, 1948	80 years, 81 days	29,300 days
18	Elliot Richardson	July 20, 1920	December 31, 1999	79 years, 164 days	29,018 days
19	Charles S. Weeks	June 15, 1893	February 7, 1972	78 years, 237 days	28,725 days
20	Lewis Strauss	January 31, 1896	January 21, 1974	77 years, 355 days	28,479 days
21	Henry A. Wallace	October 7, 1888	November 18, 1965	77 years, 42 days	28,165 days
22	Luther H. Hodges	March 9, 1898	October 6, 1974	76 years, 211 days	27,969 days
23	Alexander Trowbridge	December 12, 1929	April 27, 2006	76 years, 136 days	27,895 days
24	Daniel C. Roper	April 1, 1867	April 11, 1943	76 years, 10 days	27,768 days
25	William C. Redfield	June 18, 1858	June 13, 1932	73 years, 361 days	27,023 days
26	Michael Kantor	August 7, 1939	Living	84 years, 301 days	30,982 days
27	William F. Whiting	July 20, 1864	August 31, 1936	72 years, 42 days	26,339 days
28	Barbara Franklin	March 19, 1940	Living	84 years, 76 days	30,757 days
29	John Bryson	July 24, 1943	Living	80 years, 315 days	29,535 days
30	Donald Evans	July 26, 1946	Living	77 years, 313 days	28,437 days
31	Howard M. Baldridge	October 4, 1922	July 25, 1987	64 years, 294 days	23,670 days
32	Rogers Morton	September 19, 1914	April 19, 1979	64 years, 212 days	23,588 days
33	William M. Daley	August 8, 1948	Living	75 years, 300 days	27,693 days
34	Gary Locke	January 21, 1950	Living	74 years, 134 days	27,162 days
35	Carlos Gutierrez	November 4, 1953	Living	70 years, 212 days	25,779 days
36	Roy D. Chapin	February 23, 1880	February 16, 1936	55 years, 358 days	20,446 days
37	Harry Hopkins	August 17, 1890	January 29, 1946	55 years, 165 days	20,253 days
38	Ron Brown	August 1, 1941	April 3, 1996	54 years, 246 days	19,969 days

Secretaries of Commerce	38
Living	10
Deceased	28