User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of State

This is a list of United States Secretaries of State in order of longevity. There are currently sixty-five Secretaries on the list and seven living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of November 29, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Elihu Root (1845 - 1937), who died at the age of 91 years, 358 days. The oldest living Secretary is George P. Shultz. He is currently 103 years, 352 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since January 12, 2002.

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	Elihu Root	February 15, 1845	February 7, 1937	91 years, 358 days	33,594 days
2	George P. Shultz	December 13, 1920	Living	103 years, 352 days	37,972 days
3	James F. Byrnes	May 2, 1882	April 9, 1972	89 years, 343 days	32,849 days
4	Henry Kissinger	May 27, 1923	Living	101 years, 186 days	37,077 days
5	William P. Rogers	June 23, 1913	January 2, 2001	87 years, 193 days	31,970 days
6	Charles E. Hughes	April 11, 1862	August 27, 1948	86 years, 138 days	31,549 days
7	David D. Rusk	February 9, 1909	December 20, 1994	85 years, 314 days	31,360 days
8	Warren Christopher	October 27, 1925	March 18, 2011	85 years, 142 days	31,188 days
9	James Madison	March 16, 1751	June 28, 1836	85 years, 104 days	31,150 days
10	Alexander Haig	December 2, 1924	February 20, 2010	85 years, 80 days	31,126 days
11	Hamilton Fish	August 3, 1808	September 7, 1893	85 years, 35 days	31,081 days
12	Robert Smith	November 3, 1757	November 26, 1842	85 years, 23 days	31,068 days
13	Cyrus Vance	March 27, 1917	January 12, 2002	84 years, 291 days	30,972 days
14	Cordell Hull	October 2, 1871	July 23, 1955	83 years, 294 days	30,609 days
15	Lewis Cass	October 9, 1782	June 17, 1866	83 years, 251 days	30,566 days
16	Timothy Pickering	July 17, 1745	January 29, 1829	83 years, 196 days	30,511 days
17	Thomas Jefferson	April 13, 1743	July 4, 1826	83 years, 82 days	30,397 days
18	Henry L. Stimson	September 21, 1867	October 20, 1950	83 years, 29 days	30,344 days
19	William M. Evarts	February 6, 1818	February 28, 1901	83 years, 22 days	30,337 days
20	Edmund Muskie	March 28, 1914	March 26, 1996	81 years, 364 days	29,949 days
21	James Baker	April 28, 1930	Living	94 years, 215 days	34,549 days
22	John W. Foster	March 2, 1836	November 15, 1917	81 years, 258 days	29,842 days
23	Richard Olney	September 15, 1835	April 8, 1917	81 years, 205 days	29,790 days
24	Frank B. Kellogg	December 22, 1856	December 21, 1937	80 years, 364 days	29,583 days
25	Lawrence Eagleburger	August 1, 1930	June 4, 2011	80 years, 307 days	29,527 days
26	John Q. Adams	July 11, 1767	February 23, 1848	80 years, 227 days	29,446 days
27	Bainbridge Colby	December 22, 1869	April 11, 1950	80 years, 110 days	29,329 days
28	John Marshall	September 24, 1755	July 6, 1835	79 years, 285 days	29,139 days
29	Martin Van Buren	December 5, 1782	July 24, 1862	79 years, 231 days	29,085 days
30	George Marshall	December 31, 1880	October 16, 1959	78 years, 289 days	28,777 days
31	Dean Acheson	April 11, 1893	October 12, 1971	78 years, 184 days	28,672 days
32	John Sherman	May 10, 1823	October 22, 1900	77 years, 165 days	28,289 days
33	James Buchanan	April 23, 1791	June 1, 1868	77 years, 39 days	28,163 days
34	Henry Clay	April 12, 1777	June 29, 1852	75 years, 78 days	27,471 days
35	Colin Powell	April 5, 1937	Living	87 years, 238 days	32,015 days
36	Madeleine Albright	May 15, 1937	Living	87 years, 198 days	31,975 days
37	William R. Day	April 17, 1849	July 9, 1923	74 years, 83 days	27,110 days
38	Jeremiah S. Black	January 10, 1810	August 19, 1883	73 years, 221 days	26,884 days
39	James Monroe	April 28, 1758	July 4, 1831	73 years, 67 days	26,729 days
40	Edward Livingston	May 28, 1764	May 23, 1836	71 years, 361 days	26,292 days
41	Christian Herter	March 28, 1895	December 30, 1966	71 years, 277 days	26,209 days
42	William H. Seward	May 16, 1801	October 10, 1872	71 years, 147 days	26,080 days
43	Louis McLane	May 28, 1786	October 7, 1857	71 years, 132 days	26,064 days
44	John F. Dulles	February 25, 1888	May 24, 1959	71 years, 88 days	26,020 days
45	Elihu B. Washburne	September 23, 1816	October 23, 1887	71 years, 30 days	25,962 days
46	Daniel Webster	January 18, 1782	October 24, 1852	70 years, 280 days	25,846 days
47	Edward Everett	April 11, 1794	January 15, 1865	70 years, 279 days	25,846 days
48	William L. Marcy	December 12, 1786	July 4, 1857	70 years, 204 days	25,771 days
49	Thomas F. Bayard	October 29, 1828	September 28, 1898	69 years, 334 days	25,536 days
50	Philander C. Knox	May 6, 1853	October 12, 1921	68 years, 159 days	24,995 days
51	John C. Calhoun	March 18, 1782	March 31, 1850	68 years, 13 days	24,849 days
52	Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	August 4, 1817	May 20, 1885	67 years, 289 days	24,761 days
53	John Hay	October 8, 1838	July 1, 1905	66 years, 266 days	24,372 days
54	William J. Bryan	March 19, 1860	July 26, 1925	65 years, 129 days	23,869 days
55	Hillary R. Clinton	October 26, 1947	Living	77 years, 34 days	28,159 days
56	Robert Lansing	October 17, 1864	October 30, 1928	64 years, 13 days	23,388 days
57	Walter Q. Gresham	March 17, 1832	May 28, 1895	63 years, 72 days	23,082 days
58	James G. Blaine	January 31, 1830	January 27, 1893	62 years, 362 days	23,007 days
59	John Forsyth	October 22, 1780	October 21, 1841	60 years, 364 days	22,278 days
60	John M. Clayton	July 24, 1796	November 9, 1856	60 years, 108 days	22,022 days
61	Edmund Randolph	August 10, 1753	September 12, 1813	60 years, 33 days	21,947 days
62	Robert Bacon	July 5, 1860	May 29, 1919	58 years, 328 days	21,511 days
63	Condoleezza Rice	November 14, 1954	Living	70 years, 15 days	25,583 days
64	Abel P. Upshur	June 17, 1790	February 28, 1844	53 years, 256 days	19,613 days
65	Edward Stettinius	October 22, 1900	October 31, 1949	49 years, 9 days	17,906 days

Secretaries of State	65
Living	7
Deceased	58