User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of the Army

This is a list of United States Secretaries of the Army in order of longevity. There are currently twenty-one Secretaries on the list, and twelve living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and correct as of June 1, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Stanley R. Resor, who is currently 106 years, 179 days old.

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.

List

Rank	Secretary	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years, Days)	Longevity (Days)
1	Stanley R. Resor	December 5, 1917	Living	106 years, 179 days	38,895 days
2	Robert F. Froehlke	October 15, 1922	Living	101 years, 230 days	37,120 days
3	Stephen Ailes	March 25, 1912	June 30, 2001	89 years, 97 days	32,604 days
4	John O. Marsh	August 7, 1926	Living	97 years, 299 days	35,728 days
5	Howard Callaway	April 2, 1927	Living	97 years, 60 days	35,490 days
6	Cyrus Vance	March 27, 1917	January 12, 2002	84 years, 291 days	30,972 days
7	Robert Stevens	July 31, 1899	January 31, 1983	83 years, 184 days	30,499 days
8	Elvis J. Stahr	March 9, 1916	November 11, 1998	82 years, 247 days	30,197 days
9	Martin R. Hoffmann	April 20, 1932	Living	92 years, 42 days	33,645 days
10	Clifford Alexander	September 21, 1933	Living	90 years, 254 days	33,126 days
11	Kenneth C. Royall	July 24, 1894	May 25, 1971	76 years, 305 days	28,063 days
12	Frank Pace	July 5, 1912	January 8, 1988	75 years, 187 days	27,580 days
13	Wilber M. Brucker	June 23, 1894	October 28, 1968	74 years, 127 days	27,155 days
14	Gordon Gray	May 30, 1909	November 26, 1982	73 years, 180 days	26,843 days
15	Michael Stone	June 2, 1925	May 18, 1995	69 years, 350 days	25,552 days
16	Togo D. West	June 21, 1942	Living	81 years, 346 days	29,931 days
17	Francis J. Harvey	July 8, 1943	Living	80 years, 329 days	29,549 days
18	Thomas E. White	December 14, 1943	Living	80 years, 170 days	29,390 days
19	John M. McHugh	September 29, 1948	Living	75 years, 246 days	27,639 days
20	Preston M. Geren	January 29, 1952	Living	72 years, 124 days	26,422 days
21	Louis Caldera	April 1, 1956	Living	68 years, 61 days	24,898 days

Secretaries of the Army	21
Living	12
Deceased	9