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 December 3, 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, 134 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

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, 134 days	35,198 days
10	Clayton K. Yeutter	December 10, 1930	Living	93 years, 359 days	34,327 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, 292 days	32,799 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	88 years, 60 days	32,202 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	80 years, 9 days	29,229 days
22	Ed Schafer	August 8, 1946	Living	78 years, 117 days	28,607 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, 157 days	27,551 days
25	Michael O. Johanns	June 18, 1950	Living	74 years, 168 days	27,197 days
26	Thomas J. Vilsack	December 13, 1950	Living	73 years, 356 days	27,019 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	71 years, 3 days	25,936 days
30	Edwin Meredith	December 23, 1876	June 17, 1928	51 years, 177 days	18,803 days

Secretaries of Agriculture	30
Living	10
Deceased	20