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 October 29, 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 108 years, 331 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

Rank	Secretary	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years, Days)	Longevity (Days)
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	108 years, 331 days	39,778 days
3	George P. Shultz	December 13, 1920	Living	103 years, 321 days	37,941 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, 313 days	36,838 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, 68 days	35,132 days
8	Ray Donovan	August 31, 1930	Living	94 years, 59 days	34,393 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	93 years, 341 days	34,309 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, 92 days	32,234 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, 308 days	30,989 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	82 years, 348 days	30,298 days
17	Robert Reich	June 24, 1946	Living	78 years, 127 days	28,617 days
18	Alexis Herman	July 16, 1947	Living	77 years, 105 days	28,230 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, 217 days	26,150 days
22	Hilda Solis	October 20, 1957	Living	67 years, 9 days	24,481 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
Living	13
Deceased	12