User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development
This is a list of United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development in order of longevity. There are currently fifteen Secretaries on the list and nine living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of May 7, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Robert C. Weaver (1907 - 1997), who died at the age of 89 years, 200 days. The oldest living Secretary is Maurice E. Landrieu. He is currently 93 years, 289 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since December 6, 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.
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Rank |
Secretary |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert C. Weaver | December 29, 1907 | July 17, 1997 | 89 years, 200 days | 32,708 days |
2 | George W. Romney | July 8, 1907 | July 26, 1995 | 88 years, 18 days | 32,160 days |
3 | James T. Lynn | February 27, 1927 | December 6, 2010 | 83 years, 282 days | 30,598 days |
4 | Maurice E. Landrieu | July 23, 1930 | Living | 93 years, 289 days | 34,257 days |
5 | Robert C. Wood | September 16, 1923 | April 1, 2005 | 81 years, 197 days | 29,783 days |
6 | Carla A. Hills | January 3, 1934 | Living | 90 years, 125 days | 32,997 days |
7 | Samuel Pierce | September 8, 1922 | October 31, 2000 | 78 years, 53 days | 28,543 days |
8 | Jack Kemp | July 13, 1935 | May 2, 2009 | 73 years, 293 days | 26,957 days |
9 | Alphonso Jackson | September 9, 1945 | Living | 78 years, 241 days | 28,730 days |
10 | Mel Martinez | October 23, 1946 | Living | 77 years, 197 days | 28,321 days |
11 | Henry Cisneros | June 11, 1947 | Living | 76 years, 331 days | 28,090 days |
12 | Patricia R. Harris | May 31, 1924 | March 23, 1985 | 60 years, 296 days | 22,211 days |
13 | Andrew Cuomo | December 6, 1957 | Living | 66 years, 153 days | 24,259 days |
14 | Steve Preston | August 4, 1960 | Living | 63 years, 277 days | 23,287 days |
15 | Shaun Donovan | January 24, 1966 | Living | 58 years, 104 days | 21,288 days |
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development | 15 |
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Living | 9 |
Deceased | 6 |