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This is a list of United States Secretaries of the Interior in order of longevity. There are currently fifty Secretaries on the list and nine living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of December 3, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Wally Hickel (1919 - 2010), who died at the age of 90 years, 262 days. The oldest living Secretary is Manuel Lujan. He is currently 96 years, 205 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since May 7, 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

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Rank
Secretary
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Longevity
(Years, Days)
Longevity
(Days)
1 Walter J. Hickel August 18, 1919 May 7, 2010 90 years, 262 days 33,135 days
2 Stewart Udall January 31, 1920 March 20, 2010 90 years, 48 days 32,921 days
3 Roy O. West October 27, 1868 November 29, 1958 90 years, 33 days 32,904 days
4 Thomas S. Kleppe July 1, 1919 March 2, 2007 87 years, 244 days 32,021 days
5 Columbus Delano June 4, 1809 October 23, 1896 87 years, 141 days 31,918 days
6 James R. Garfield October 17, 1865 March 24, 1950 84 years, 158 days 30,838 days
7 Alexander Stuart April 2, 1807 February 13, 1891 83 years, 317 days 30,633 days
8 Manuel Lujan May 12, 1928 Living 96 years, 205 days 35,269 days
9 Henry M. Teller May 23, 1830 February 23, 1914 83 years, 276 days 30,591 days
10 Albert B. Fall November 26, 1861 November 30, 1944 83 years, 4 days 30,319 days
11 Hubert Work July 3, 1860 December 14, 1942 82 years, 164 days 30,113 days
12 Thomas Ewing December 28, 1789 October 26, 1871 81 years, 302 days 29,886 days
13 Oscar L. Chapman October 22, 1896 February 8, 1978 81 years, 109 days 29,693 days
14 Stanley K. Hathaway July 19, 1924 October 4, 2005 81 years, 77 days 29,662 days
15 Samuel J. Kirkwood December 20, 1813 September 1, 1894 80 years, 255 days 29,475 days
16 Cecil D. Andrus August 25, 1931 Living 93 years, 100 days 34,069 days
17 John W. Noble October 26, 1831 March 22, 1912 80 years, 148 days 29,367 days
18 William P. Clark October 23, 1931 Living 93 years, 41 days 34,010 days
19 John B. Payne January 26, 1855 January 24, 1935 79 years, 363 days 29,217 days
20 James Harlan August 26, 1820 October 5, 1899 79 years, 40 days 28,894 days
21 Cornelius N. Bliss January 26, 1833 October 9, 1911 78 years, 256 days 28,744 days
22 Harold L. Ickes March 15, 1874 February 3, 1952 77 years, 325 days 28,448 days
23 Carl Schurz March 2, 1829 May 14, 1906 77 years, 73 days 28,196 days
24 Donald P. Hodel May 23, 1935 Living 89 years, 194 days 32,702 days
25 David R. Francis October 1, 1850 January 15, 1927 76 years, 106 days 27,864 days
26 Michael H. Smith September 2, 1855 November 27, 1931 76 years, 86 days 27,844 days
27 Orville H. Browning February 10, 1806 August 10, 1881 75 years, 181 days 27,575 days
28 Jacob Thompson May 15, 1810 March 24, 1885 74 years, 313 days 27,342 days
29 Ray L. Wilbur April 13, 1875 June 26, 1949 74 years, 74 days 27,102 days
30 James G. Watt January 31, 1938 Living 86 years, 307 days 31,718 days
31 Bruce Babbitt June 27, 1938 Living 86 years, 159 days 31,571 days
32 Ethan A. Hitchcock September 19, 1835 April 9, 1909 73 years, 202 days 26,865 days
33 Walter L. Fisher July 4, 1862 November 9, 1935 73 years, 128 days 26,790 days
34 John P. Usher January 9, 1816 April 13, 1889 73 years, 94 days 26,758 days
35 Robert McClelland August 1, 1807 August 30, 1880 73 years, 29 days 26,693 days
36 Jacob D. Cox October 27, 1828 August 4, 1900 71 years, 281 days 26,213 days
37 William F. Vilas July 9, 1840 August 27, 1908 68 years, 49 days 24,885 days
38 Lucius Lamar September 17, 1825 January 23, 1893 67 years, 128 days 24,600 days
39 James D. McKay June 24, 1893 July 22, 1959 66 years, 28 days 24,133 days
40 Zachariah Chandler December 10, 1813 November 1, 1879 65 years, 326 days 24,067 days
41 Rogers Morton September 19, 1914 April 19, 1979 64 years, 212 days 23,588 days
42 Fred A. Seaton December 11, 1909 January 16, 1974 64 years, 36 days 23,412 days
43 Richard A. Ballinger July 9, 1858 June 6, 1922 63 years, 332 days 23,342 days
44 Julius A. Krug November 23, 1907 March 26, 1970 62 years, 123 days 22,769 days
45 Dirk Kempthorne October 29, 1951 Living 73 years, 35 days 26,699 days
46 Thomas McKennan March 31, 1794 July 9, 1852 58 years, 100 days 21,284 days
47 Gale Norton March 11, 1954 Living 70 years, 267 days 25,835 days
48 Ken Salazar March 2, 1955 Living 69 years, 276 days 25,479 days
49 Franklin K. Lane July 15, 1864 May 18, 1921 56 years, 307 days 20,760 days
50 Caleb B. Smith April 16, 1808 January 7, 1864 55 years, 266 days 20,354 days
Secretaries of the Interior 50
Living 9
Deceased 41