User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Commerce and Labor
This is a list of United States Secretaries of Commerce and Labor in order of longevity. There are four Secretaries on the list. The list is in descending order. The longest-lived Secretary was Charles Nagel (1849 - 1940), who died at the age of 90 years, 149 days. The last Secretary to die was George B. Cortelyou (1862 - 1940), who died on October 23, 1940.
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 list the total number of days lived by the Secretary.
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| Rank |
Secretary |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Nagel | August 9, 1849 | January 5, 1940 | 90 years, 149 days | 33,020 days |
| 2 | Victor H. Metcalf | October 10, 1853 | February 20, 1936 | 82 years, 133 days | 30,082 days |
| 3 | George B. Cortelyou | July 26, 1862 | October 23, 1940 | 78 years, 89 days | 28,578 days |
| 4 | Oscar Straus | December 23, 1850 | May 3, 1926 | 75 years, 131 days | 27,524 days |