User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of War

This is a list of United States Secretaries of War in order of longevity. There are fifty-five Secretaries on the list. The list is in descending order. The longest-lived Secretary was Elihu Root (1845 - 1937), who died at the age of 91 years, 358 days. The last Secretary to die was Kenneth C. Royall (1894 - 1971), who died on May 25, 1971.

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 list 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	Simon Cameron	March 8, 1799	June 26, 1889	90 years, 110 days	32,982 days
3	Alexander Ramsey	September 8, 1815	April 22, 1903	87 years, 226 days	32,002 days
4	Joseph Holt	January 6, 1807	August 1, 1894	87 years, 207 days	31,984 days
5	William Wilkins	December 20, 1779	June 23, 1865	85 years, 185 days	31,231 days
6	James D. Cameron	May 14, 1833	August 30, 1918	85 years, 108 days	31,153 days
7	John Armstrong	November 25, 1758	April 1, 1843	84 years, 127 days	30,807 days
8	Lewis Cass	October 9, 1782	June 17, 1866	83 years, 251 days	30,566 days
9	Timothy Pickering	July 17, 1745	January 29, 1829	83 years, 196 days	30,511 days
10	Henry L. Stimson	September 21, 1867	October 20, 1950	83 years, 29 days	30,344 days
11	Robert T. Lincoln	August 1, 1843	July 26, 1926	82 years, 359 days	30,309 days
12	Jefferson Davis	June 3, 1808	December 6, 1889	81 years, 186 days	29,771 days
13	Patrick J. Hurley	January 8, 1883	July 30, 1963	80 years, 203 days	29,422 days
14	Alphonso Taft	November 5, 1810	May 21, 1891	80 years, 197 days	29,417 days
15	Henry Dearborn	February 23, 1751	June 6, 1829	78 years, 103 days	28,592 days
16	Jacob M. Dickinson	January 30, 1851	December 13, 1928	77 years, 318 days	28,441 days
17	Harry H. Woodring	May 31, 1890	September 9, 1967	77 years, 101 days	28,224 days
18	Kenneth C. Royall	July 24, 1894	May 25, 1971	76 years, 305 days	28,063 days
19	Redfield Proctor	June 1, 1831	March 4, 1908	76 years, 277 days	28,035 days
20	Luke E. Wright	August 29, 1846	November 17, 1922	76 years, 80 days	27,838 days
21	John Schofield	September 29, 1831	March 4, 1906	74 years, 156 days	27,184 days
22	George W. Crawford	December 22, 1798	July 27, 1872	73 years, 218 days	26,880 days
23	John Bell	February 18, 1796	September 10, 1869	73 years, 204 days	26,867 days
24	William C. Endicott	November 19, 1826	May 6, 1900	73 years, 168 days	26,831 days
25	James Monroe	April 28, 1758	July 4, 1831	73 years, 67 days	26,729 days
26	Charles M. Conrad	December 24, 1804	February 11, 1878	73 years, 49 days	26,712 days
27	Joel R. Poinsett	March 2, 1779	December 12, 1851	72 years, 285 days	26,582 days
28	William H. Taft	September 15, 1857	March 8, 1930	72 years, 174 days	26,471 days
29	William Eustis	June 10, 1753	February 6, 1825	71 years, 241 days	26,173 days
30	Russell A. Alger	February 27, 1836	January 24, 1907	70 years, 331 days	25,898 days
31	Peter B. Porter	August 14, 1773	March 20, 1844	70 years, 219 days	25,785 days
32	William L. Marcy	December 12, 1786	July 4, 1857	70 years, 204 days	25,771 days
33	James M. Porter	January 6, 1793	November 11, 1862	69 years, 309 days	25,510 days
34	Stephen B. Elkins	September 26, 1841	January 4, 1911	69 years, 100 days	25,301 days
35	John C. Calhoun	March 18, 1782	March 31, 1850	68 years, 13 days	24,849 days
36	Lindley M. Garrison	November 28, 1864	October 19, 1932	67 years, 326 days	24,796 days
37	John C. Spencer	January 8, 1788	May 17, 1855	67 years, 129 days	24,600 days
38	James Barbour	June 10, 1775	June 7, 1842	66 years, 362 days	24,468 days
39	John Eaton	June 18, 1790	November 17, 1856	66 years, 152 days	24,258 days
40	Dwight F. Davis	July 5, 1879	November 28, 1945	66 years, 146 days	24,252 days
41	John W. Weeks	April 11, 1860	July 12, 1926	66 years, 92 days	24,197 days
42	Newton D. Baker	December 3, 1871	December 25, 1937	66 years, 22 days	24,128 days
43	George Dern	September 8, 1872	August 27, 1936	63 years, 354 days	23,363 days
44	James W. Good	September 24, 1866	November 18, 1929	63 years, 55 days	23,065 days
45	William H. Crawford	February 24, 1772	September 15, 1834	62 years, 203 days	22,848 days
46	James McHenry	November 16, 1753	May 3, 1816	62 years, 169 days	22,813 days
47	William W. Belknap	September 22, 1829	October 13, 1890	61 years, 21 days	22,301 days
48	Robert P. Patterson	February 12, 1891	January 22, 1952	60 years, 344 days	22,258 days
49	John B. Floyd	June 1, 1806	August 26, 1863	57 years, 86 days	20,905 days
50	Henry Knox	July 25, 1750	October 25, 1806	56 years, 92 days	20,545 days
51	Edwin M. Stanton	December 19, 1814	December 24, 1869	55 years, 5 days	20,094 days
52	Samuel Dexter	May 14, 1761	May 4, 1816	54 years, 356 days	20,078 days
53	George W. McCrary	August 29, 1835	June 23, 1890	54 years, 298 days	20,022 days
54	Daniel S. Lamont	February 9, 1851	July 23, 1905	54 years, 164 days	19,887 days
55	John A. Rawlins	February 13, 1831	September 6, 1869	38 years, 205 days	14,085 days