User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of the Treasury
This is a list of United States Secretaries of the Treasury in order of longevity. There are currently seventy-three Secretaries on the list and ten living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of August 18, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Franklin MacVeagh (1837 - 1934), who died at the age of 96 years, 226 days. The oldest living Secretary is George P. Shultz. He is currently 103 years, 249 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since June 10, 2003.
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 | Franklin MacVeagh | November 22, 1837 | July 6, 1934 | 96 years, 226 days | 35,289 days |
2 | Clarence D. Dillon | August 21, 1909 | January 10, 2003 | 93 years, 142 days | 34,110 days |
3 | Henry H. Fowler | September 5, 1908 | January 3, 2000 | 91 years, 120 days | 33,357 days |
4 | George P. Shultz | December 13, 1920 | Living | 103 years, 249 days | 37,869 days |
5 | David M. Kennedy | July 21, 1905 | May 1, 1996 | 90 years, 285 days | 33,157 days |
6 | Lyman J. Gage | June 28, 1836 | January 26, 1927 | 90 years, 212 days | 33,083 days |
7 | John W. Snyder | June 21, 1895 | October 8, 1985 | 90 years, 109 days | 32,981 days |
8 | Abraham Gallatin | January 29, 1761 | August 12, 1849 | 88 years, 195 days | 32,336 days |
9 | Carter Glass | January 4, 1858 | May 28, 1946 | 88 years, 144 days | 32,285 days |
10 | Roger B. Taney | March 17, 1777 | October 12, 1864 | 87 years, 209 days | 31,985 days |
11 | George S. Boutwell | January 28, 1818 | February 27, 1905 | 87 years, 30 days | 31,806 days |
12 | Hugh McCulloch | December 7, 1808 | May 24, 1895 | 86 years, 168 days | 31,579 days |
13 | Werner M. Blumenthal | January 3, 1926 | Living | 98 years, 228 days | 36,022 days |
14 | William J. Duane | May 9, 1780 | September 27, 1865 | 85 years, 141 days | 31,186 days |
15 | Lloyd Bentsen | February 11, 1921 | May 23, 2006 | 85 years, 101 days | 31,147 days |
16 | Donald Regan | December 21, 1918 | June 10, 2003 | 84 years, 171 days | 30,852 days |
17 | Leslie M. Shaw | November 2, 1848 | March 28, 1932 | 83 years, 147 days | 30,461 days |
18 | Charles S. Fairchild | April 30, 1842 | November 24, 1924 | 82 years, 208 days | 30,158 days |
19 | George M. Bibb | October 30, 1776 | April 14, 1859 | 82 years, 166 days | 30,115 days |
20 | Andrew W. Mellon | March 24, 1855 | August 26, 1937 | 82 years, 155 days | 30,105 days |
21 | Thomas Ewing | December 28, 1789 | October 26, 1871 | 81 years, 302 days | 29,886 days |
22 | Nicholas F. Brady | April 11, 1930 | Living | 94 years, 129 days | 34,463 days |
23 | James Baker | April 28, 1930 | Living | 94 years, 112 days | 34,446 days |
24 | George W. Miller | March 9, 1925 | March 17, 2006 | 81 years, 8 days | 29,593 days |
25 | John A. Dix | July 24, 1798 | April 21, 1879 | 80 years, 271 days | 29,490 days |
26 | Samuel D. Ingham | September 16, 1779 | June 5, 1860 | 80 years, 263 days | 29,482 days |
27 | Philip F. Thomas | September 12, 1810 | October 2, 1890 | 80 years, 20 days | 29,240 days |
28 | George M. Humphrey | March 8, 1890 | January 20, 1970 | 79 years, 318 days | 29,172 days |
29 | Robert B. Anderson | June 4, 1910 | August 14, 1989 | 79 years, 71 days | 28,926 days |
30 | George W. Campbell | February 9, 1769 | February 17, 1848 | 79 years, 8 days | 28,861 days |
31 | Richard Rush | August 29, 1780 | July 30, 1859 | 78 years, 335 days | 28,823 days |
32 | George B. Cortelyou | July 26, 1862 | October 23, 1940 | 78 years, 89 days | 28,578 days |
33 | Joseph W. Barr | January 17, 1918 | February 23, 1996 | 78 years, 37 days | 28,526 days |
34 | John Sherman | May 10, 1823 | October 22, 1900 | 77 years, 165 days | 28,289 days |
35 | William G. McAdoo | October 31, 1863 | February 1, 1941 | 77 years, 93 days | 28,217 days |
36 | John Connally | February 27, 1917 | June 15, 1993 | 76 years, 108 days | 27,867 days |
37 | James Guthrie | December 5, 1792 | March 13, 1869 | 76 years, 98 days | 27,856 days |
38 | Paul O'Neill | December 4, 1935 | Living | 88 years, 258 days | 32,400 days |
39 | John G. Carlisle | September 5, 1834 | July 31, 1910 | 75 years, 329 days | 27,722 days |
40 | Charles Foster | April 12, 1828 | January 9, 1904 | 75 years, 272 days | 27,664 days |
41 | Henry Morgenthau | May 11, 1891 | February 6, 1967 | 75 years, 271 days | 27,664 days |
42 | William A. Richardson | November 2, 1821 | October 19, 1896 | 74 years, 352 days | 27,380 days |
43 | David F. Houston | February 17, 1866 | September 2, 1940 | 74 years, 198 days | 27,225 days |
44 | William M. Meredith | June 8, 1799 | August 17, 1873 | 74 years, 70 days | 27,098 days |
45 | Robert Rubin | August 29, 1938 | Living | 85 years, 355 days | 31,401 days |
46 | Oliver Wolcott | January 11, 1760 | June 1, 1833 | 73 years, 141 days | 26,804 days |
47 | William E. Simon | November 27, 1927 | June 3, 2000 | 72 years, 189 days | 26,487 days |
48 | John W. Snow | August 2, 1939 | Living | 85 years, 16 days | 31,063 days |
49 | Thomas Corwin | July 29, 1794 | December 18, 1865 | 71 years, 142 days | 26,074 days |
50 | Louis McLane | May 28, 1786 | October 7, 1857 | 71 years, 132 days | 26,064 days |
51 | Lot M. Morrill | May 3, 1813 | January 10, 1883 | 69 years, 252 days | 25,454 days |
52 | Robert J. Walker | July 19, 1801 | November 11, 1869 | 68 years, 115 days | 24,952 days |
53 | John C. Spencer | January 8, 1788 | May 17, 1855 | 67 years, 129 days | 24,600 days |
54 | Walter Forward | January 24, 1786 | November 24, 1852 | 66 years, 305 days | 24,410 days |
55 | Charles J. Folger | April 16, 1818 | September 4, 1884 | 66 years, 141 days | 24,248 days |
56 | William H. Woodin | May 27, 1868 | May 3, 1934 | 65 years, 341 days | 24,081 days |
57 | Henry Paulson | March 28, 1946 | Living | 78 years, 143 days | 28,633 days |
58 | Salmon P. Chase | January 13, 1808 | May 7, 1873 | 65 years, 114 days | 23,856 days |
59 | Benjamin Bristow | June 20, 1832 | June 22, 1896 | 64 years, 2 days | 23,378 days |
60 | William Windom | May 10, 1827 | January 29, 1891 | 63 years, 264 days | 23,275 days |
61 | Fred M. Vinson | January 22, 1890 | September 8, 1953 | 63 years, 229 days | 23,239 days |
62 | Walter Q. Gresham | March 17, 1832 | May 28, 1895 | 63 years, 72 days | 23,082 days |
63 | William P. Fessenden | October 16, 1806 | September 8, 1869 | 62 years, 327 days | 22,973 days |
64 | William H. Crawford | February 24, 1772 | September 15, 1834 | 62 years, 203 days | 22,848 days |
65 | Levi Woodbury | December 22, 1789 | September 4, 1851 | 61 years, 256 days | 22,535 days |
66 | Alexander J. Dallas | June 21, 1759 | January 16, 1817 | 57 years, 209 days | 21,028 days |
67 | Lawrence Summers | November 30, 1954 | Living | 69 years, 262 days | 25,464 days |
68 | Daniel Manning | May 16, 1831 | December 24, 1887 | 56 years, 222 days | 20,676 days |
69 | Samuel Dexter | May 14, 1761 | May 4, 1816 | 54 years, 356 days | 20,078 days |
70 | Ogden L. Mills | August 23, 1884 | October 11, 1937 | 53 years, 49 days | 19,406 days |
71 | Howell Cobb | September 7, 1815 | October 9, 1868 | 53 years, 32 days | 19,391 days |
72 | Timothy Geithner | August 18, 1961 | Living | 63 years, 0 days | 23,011 days |
73 | Alexander Hamilton | January 11, 1757 | July 12, 1804 | 47 years, 183 days | 17,348 days |
Secretaries of the Treasury | 73 |
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Living | 10 |
Deceased | 63 |