User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Labor
This is a list of United States Secretaries of Labor in order of longevity. There are currently twenty-five Secretaries on the list and thirteen living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of August 9, 2024. The oldest Secretary is William W. Wirtz (1912 - 2010), who died at the age of 98 years, 41 days. The oldest living Secretary is James D. Hodgson. He is currently 108 years, 250 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since April 24, 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) |
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1 | William W. Wirtz | March 14, 1912 | April 24, 2010 | 98 years, 41 days | 35,835 days |
2 | James D. Hodgson | December 3, 1915 | Living | 108 years, 250 days | 39,697 days |
3 | George P. Shultz | December 13, 1920 | Living | 103 years, 240 days | 37,860 days |
4 | John T. Dunlop | July 5, 1914 | October 2, 2003 | 89 years, 89 days | 32,596 days |
5 | William Usery | December 21, 1923 | Living | 100 years, 232 days | 36,757 days |
6 | Frances Perkins | April 10, 1880 | May 14, 1965 | 85 years, 34 days | 31,079 days |
7 | Freddie R. Marshall | August 22, 1928 | Living | 95 years, 353 days | 35,051 days |
8 | Ray Donovan | August 31, 1930 | Living | 93 years, 344 days | 34,312 days |
9 | Arthur Goldberg | August 8, 1908 | January 19, 1990 | 81 years, 164 days | 29,749 days |
10 | William E. Brock | November 23, 1930 | Living | 93 years, 260 days | 34,228 days |
11 | Peter J. Brennan | May 24, 1918 | October 2, 1996 | 78 years, 131 days | 28,621 days |
12 | Mary Dole | July 29, 1936 | Living | 88 years, 11 days | 32,153 days |
13 | James J. Davis | October 27, 1873 | November 22, 1947 | 74 years, 26 days | 27,053 days |
14 | Lynn M. Martin | December 26, 1939 | Living | 84 years, 227 days | 30,908 days |
15 | William B. Wilson | April 2, 1862 | May 25, 1934 | 72 years, 53 days | 26,350 days |
16 | Ann M. Korologos | November 16, 1941 | Living | 82 years, 267 days | 30,217 days |
17 | Robert Reich | June 24, 1946 | Living | 78 years, 46 days | 28,536 days |
18 | Alexis Herman | July 16, 1947 | Living | 77 years, 24 days | 28,149 days |
19 | James P. Mitchell | November 12, 1900 | October 19, 1964 | 63 years, 342 days | 23,352 days |
20 | Martin P. Durkin | March 18, 1894 | November 13, 1955 | 61 years, 240 days | 22,519 days |
21 | Elaine Chao | March 26, 1953 | Living | 71 years, 136 days | 26,069 days |
22 | Hilda Solis | October 20, 1957 | Living | 66 years, 294 days | 24,400 days |
23 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach | September 20, 1894 | June 10, 1948 | 53 years, 264 days | 19,621 days |
24 | Maurice J. Tobin | May 22, 1901 | July 19, 1953 | 52 years, 58 days | 19,051 days |
25 | William N. Doak | December 12, 1882 | October 23, 1933 | 50 years, 315 days | 18,577 days |
Secretaries of Labor | 25 |
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Living | 13 |
Deceased | 12 |