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 December 3, 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 109 years, 0 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 | 109 years, 0 days | 39,813 days |
3 | George P. Shultz | December 13, 1920 | Living | 103 years, 356 days | 37,976 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, 348 days | 36,873 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 | 96 years, 103 days | 35,167 days |
8 | Ray Donovan | August 31, 1930 | Living | 94 years, 94 days | 34,428 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 | 94 years, 10 days | 34,344 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, 127 days | 32,269 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, 343 days | 31,024 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 | 83 years, 17 days | 30,333 days |
17 | Robert Reich | June 24, 1946 | Living | 78 years, 162 days | 28,652 days |
18 | Alexis Herman | July 16, 1947 | Living | 77 years, 140 days | 28,265 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, 252 days | 26,185 days |
22 | Hilda Solis | October 20, 1957 | Living | 67 years, 44 days | 24,516 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 |