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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

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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