User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Agriculture
This is a list of United States Secretaries of Agriculture in order of longevity. There are currently thirty Secretaries on the list and ten living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of August 9, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Earl Butz (1909 - 2008), who died at the age of 98 years, 214 days. The oldest living Secretary is Robert Bergland. He is currently 96 years, 18 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since April 4, 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
[edit]Rank |
Secretary |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Earl Butz | July 3, 1909 | February 2, 2008 | 98 years, 214 days | 36,008 days |
2 | Ezra T. Benson | August 4, 1899 | May 30, 1994 | 94 years, 299 days | 34,632 days |
3 | Clifford M. Hardin | October 9, 1915 | April 4, 2010 | 94 years, 177 days | 34,511 days |
4 | Charles F. Brannan | August 23, 1903 | July 2, 1992 | 88 years, 314 days | 32,456 days |
5 | James Wilson | August 16, 1835 | August 26, 1920 | 85 years, 10 days | 31,056 days |
6 | Orville Freeman | May 9, 1918 | February 20, 2003 | 84 years, 287 days | 30,968 days |
7 | Richard E. Lyng | June 29, 1918 | February 1, 2003 | 84 years, 217 days | 30,898 days |
8 | Norman J. Coleman | May 16, 1827 | November 3, 1911 | 84 years, 171 days | 30,851 days |
9 | Robert Bergland | July 22, 1928 | Living | 96 years, 18 days | 35,082 days |
10 | Clayton K. Yeutter | December 10, 1930 | Living | 93 years, 243 days | 34,211 days |
11 | Clinton P. Anderson | October 23, 1895 | November 11, 1975 | 80 years, 19 days | 29,238 days |
12 | Henry A. Wallace | October 7, 1888 | November 18, 1965 | 77 years, 42 days | 28,165 days |
13 | John R. Block | February 15, 1935 | Living | 89 years, 176 days | 32,683 days |
14 | William M. Jardine | January 16, 1879 | January 17, 1955 | 76 years, 1 day | 27,759 days |
15 | John A. Knebel | October 4, 1936 | Living | 87 years, 310 days | 32,086 days |
16 | David F. Houston | February 17, 1866 | September 2, 1940 | 74 years, 198 days | 27,225 days |
17 | Claude R. Wickard | February 28, 1893 | April 29, 1967 | 74 years, 60 days | 27,087 days |
18 | Arthur M. Hyde | July 12, 1877 | October 17, 1947 | 70 years, 97 days | 25,663 days |
19 | Julius S. Morton | April 22, 1832 | April 27, 1902 | 70 years, 5 days | 25,571 days |
20 | Howard M. Gore | October 12, 1877 | June 20, 1947 | 69 years, 251 days | 25,452 days |
21 | Dan Glickman | November 24, 1944 | Living | 79 years, 259 days | 29,113 days |
22 | Ed Schafer | August 8, 1946 | Living | 78 years, 1 day | 28,491 days |
23 | Jeremiah M. Rusk | June 17, 1830 | November 21, 1893 | 63 years, 157 days | 23,168 days |
24 | Ann Veneman | June 29, 1949 | Living | 75 years, 41 days | 27,435 days |
25 | Michael O. Johanns | June 18, 1950 | Living | 74 years, 52 days | 27,081 days |
26 | Thomas J. Vilsack | December 13, 1950 | Living | 73 years, 240 days | 26,903 days |
27 | Edward R. Madigan | January 13, 1936 | December 7, 1994 | 58 years, 328 days | 21,513 days |
28 | Henry C. Wallace | May 11, 1866 | October 25, 1924 | 58 years, 167 days | 21,351 days |
29 | Alphonso M. Espy | November 30, 1953 | Living | 70 years, 253 days | 25,820 days |
30 | Edwin Meredith | December 23, 1876 | June 17, 1928 | 51 years, 177 days | 18,803 days |
Secretaries of Agriculture | 30 |
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Living | 10 |
Deceased | 20 |