List of living former members of the United States Cabinet
The following are a list of living former members of the United States Cabinet and a list of last surviving Cabinet members of each presidency. The first list charts all living former members of the United States cabinet and information regarding their tenure. The second list charts the last surviving former cabinet members of each presidency (up to the Nixon Administration), and information regarding their tenure.
In the political system established by the United States Constitution, the President is authorized to seek advice from the principal officers of the various departments while performing their official duties. A president's cabinet is composed of these principal officers.
Currently, the officials comprising the president's cabinet include the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security. It formerly also included the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Individuals who served in this capacity are listed here. Not listed are persons who served in positions considered to be of cabinet level but which are not part of the Cabinet, such as the Vice President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the United States Trade Representative.
Cabinet members from each of the eight most recent presidential administrations, since the presidency of Gerald Ford (1974–1977), are still living, including all former cabinet members from the administrations of Barack Obama (2009–2017) and Donald Trump (2017–2021). The oldest living former cabinet member is Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury during the Carter (1977–1981) administration. The youngest living former cabinet member is John King Jr., Secretary of Education during the Obama administration.
The earliest last surviving cabinet member of an administration to have died was Oliver Wolcott Jr., Secretary of the Treasury during the Washington administration (1789–1797), who died on June 1, 1833. The most recent, Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State during the Nixon administration (1969–1974) and the Ford administration (1974–1977), was the last surviving cabinet member of the nixon administration, who died on November 29, 2023.
The most recent death of a former cabinet member is Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford (1973–1977) administrations.
There are three former members of Gerald Ford's Cabinet still living.
There are four former members of Jimmy Carter's Cabinet still living.
There are nine former members of Ronald Reagan's Cabinet still living.
There are 11 former members of George H. W. Bush's Cabinet still living.
There are 18 former members of Bill Clinton's Cabinet still living.
There are 29 former members of George W. Bush's Cabinet still living.
There are 31 former members of Barack Obama's Cabinet still living.
There are 24 former members of Donald Trump's Cabinet still living.
Living former Cabinet members
Administration | Name | Position | Tenure | Birthdate | Age |
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Gerald Ford | Carla Anderson Hills | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | March 10, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | January 3, 1934 | 90 years, 131 days |
John A. Knebel | Secretary of Agriculture | November 4, 1976 – January 20, 1977 | October 4, 1936 | 87 years, 222 days | |
F. David Mathews | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | August 8, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | December 6, 1935 | 88 years, 159 days | |
Jimmy Carter | W. Michael Blumenthal | Secretary of the Treasury | January 23, 1977 – August 4, 1979 | January 3, 1926 | 98 years, 131 days |
Joseph A. Califano Jr. | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | January 25, 1977 – August 3, 1979 | May 15, 1931 | 92 years, 364 days | |
Neil Goldschmidt | Secretary of Transportation | August 15, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | June 16, 1940 | 83 years, 332 days | |
Ray Marshall | Secretary of Labor | January 27, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | August 22, 1928 | 95 years, 265 days | |
Ronald Reagan | James Baker | Secretary of the Treasury | February 4, 1985 – August 17, 1988 | April 28, 1930 | 94 years, 15 days |
William Bennett | Secretary of Education | February 6, 1985 – September 20, 1988 | July 31, 1943 | 80 years, 287 days | |
John R. Block | Secretary of Agriculture | January 23, 1981 – February 14, 1986 | February 15, 1935 | 89 years, 88 days | |
Nicholas F. Brady | Secretary of the Treasury | September 15, 1988 – January 20, 1989 | April 11, 1930 | 94 years, 32 days | |
James H. Burnley IV | Secretary of Transportation | December 2, 1987 – January 20, 1989 | July 30, 1948 | 75 years, 288 days | |
Elizabeth Dole | Secretary of Transportation | February 7, 1983 – September 30, 1987 | July 29, 1936 | 87 years, 289 days | |
John S. Herrington | Secretary of Energy | February 7, 1985 – January 20, 1989 | May 31, 1939 | 84 years, 348 days | |
Donald P. Hodel | Secretary of Energy
Secretary of the Interior |
November 5, 1982 – February 7, 1985
February 8, 1985 – January 20, 1989 |
May 23, 1935 | 88 years, 356 days | |
Edwin Meese | Attorney General | February 25, 1985 – July 5, 1988 | December 2, 1931 | 92 years, 163 days | |
George H. W. Bush | Lamar Alexander | Secretary of Education | March 22, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | July 3, 1940 | 83 years, 315 days |
James Baker | Secretary of State | January 20, 1989 – August 23, 1992 | April 28, 1930 | 94 years, 15 days | |
William Barr | Attorney General | November 26, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | May 23, 1950 | 73 years, 356 days | |
Nicholas F. Brady | Secretary of the Treasury | January 20, 1989 – January 17, 1993 | April 11, 1930 | 94 years, 32 days | |
Andrew Card | Secretary of Transportation | February 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | May 10, 1947 | 77 years, 3 days | |
Dick Cheney | Secretary of Defense | March 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | January 30, 1941 | 83 years, 104 days | |
Elizabeth Dole | Secretary of Labor | January 25, 1989 – November 23, 1990 | July 29, 1936 | 87 years, 289 days | |
Barbara Franklin | Secretary of Commerce | February 27, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | March 19, 1940 | 84 years, 55 days | |
Lynn M. Martin | Secretary of Labor | February 22, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | December 26, 1939 | 84 years, 139 days | |
Samuel K. Skinner | Secretary of Transportation | February 6, 1989 – December 15, 1991 | June 10, 1938 | 85 years, 338 days | |
Louis W. Sullivan | Secretary of Health and Human Services | March 1, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | November 3, 1933 | 90 years, 192 days | |
Bill Clinton | Bruce Babbitt | Secretary of the Interior | January 22, 1993 – January 2, 2001 | June 27, 1938 | 85 years, 321 days |
Henry Cisneros | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 22, 1993 – January 19, 1997 | June 11, 1947 | 76 years, 337 days | |
William Cohen | Secretary of Defense | January 24, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | August 28, 1940 | 83 years, 259 days | |
Andrew Cuomo | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 29, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | December 6, 1957 | 66 years, 159 days | |
William M. Daley | Secretary of Commerce | January 30, 1997 – July 19, 2000 | August 8, 1948 | 75 years, 279 days | |
Mike Espy | Secretary of Agriculture | January 22, 1993 – December 31, 1994 | November 30, 1953 | 70 years, 165 days | |
Dan Glickman | Secretary of Agriculture | March 30, 1995 – January 19, 2001 | November 24, 1944 | 79 years, 171 days | |
Alexis Herman | Secretary of Labor | May 1, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | July 16, 1947 | 76 years, 302 days | |
Mickey Kantor | Secretary of Commerce | April 12, 1996 – January 21, 1997 | August 7, 1939 | 84 years, 280 days | |
Hazel R. O'Leary | Secretary of Energy | January 22, 1993 – January 20, 1997 | May 17, 1937 | 86 years, 362 days | |
Federico Peña | Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy |
January 21, 1993 – February 14, 1997
March 12, 1997 – June 30, 1998 |
March 15, 1947 | 77 years, 59 days | |
William J. Perry | Secretary of Defense | February 3, 1994 – January 23, 1997 | October 11, 1927 | 96 years, 215 days | |
Robert Reich | Secretary of Labor | January 22, 1993 – January 10, 1997 | June 24, 1946 | 77 years, 324 days | |
Richard Riley | Secretary of Education | January 21, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | January 2, 1933 | 91 years, 132 days | |
Robert Rubin | Secretary of the Treasury | January 11, 1995 – July 2, 1999 | August 29, 1938 | 85 years, 258 days | |
Donna Shalala | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 22, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | February 14, 1941 | 83 years, 89 days | |
Rodney E. Slater | Secretary of Transportation | February 14, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | February 23, 1955 | 69 years, 80 days | |
Lawrence Summers | Secretary of the Treasury | July 2, 1999 – January 20, 2001 | November 30, 1954 | 69 years, 165 days | |
George W. Bush | Spencer Abraham | Secretary of Energy | January 20, 2001 – February 1, 2005 | June 12, 1952 | 71 years, 336 days |
John Ashcroft | Attorney General | February 2, 2001 – February 3, 2005 | May 9, 1942 | 82 years, 4 days | |
Elaine Chao | Secretary of Labor | January 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | March 26, 1953 | 71 years, 48 days | |
Michael Chertoff | Secretary of Homeland Security | February 15, 2005 – January 21, 2009 | November 28, 1953 | 70 years, 167 days | |
Donald Evans | Secretary of Commerce | January 20, 2001 – February 7, 2005 | July 27, 1946 | 77 years, 291 days | |
Robert Gates | Secretary of Defense | December 18, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | September 25, 1943 | 80 years, 231 days | |
Alberto Gonzales | Attorney General | February 3, 2005 – September 17, 2007 | August 4, 1955 | 68 years, 283 days | |
Carlos Gutierrez | Secretary of Commerce | February 7, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | November 4, 1953 | 70 years, 191 days | |
Alphonso Jackson | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | September 30, 2004 – April 18, 2008 | September 9, 1945 | 78 years, 247 days | |
Mike Johanns | Secretary of Agriculture | January 21, 2005 – September 20, 2007 | June 18, 1950 | 73 years, 330 days | |
Dirk Kempthorne | Secretary of the Interior | June 7, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | October 29, 1951 | 72 years, 197 days | |
Mike Leavitt | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | February 11, 1951 | 73 years, 92 days | |
Mel Martínez | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 24, 2001 – August 13, 2004 | October 23, 1946 | 77 years, 203 days | |
Michael Mukasey | Attorney General | November 9, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | July 28, 1941 | 82 years, 290 days | |
Jim Nicholson | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | January 26, 2005 – October 1, 2007 | February 4, 1938 | 86 years, 99 days | |
Gale Norton | Secretary of the Interior | January 31, 2001 – March 31, 2006 | March 11, 1954 | 70 years, 63 days | |
Rod Paige | Secretary of Education | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 | June 17, 1933 | 90 years, 331 days | |
Henry Paulson | Secretary of the Treasury | July 3, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | March 28, 1946 | 78 years, 46 days | |
James Peake | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | December 20, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | June 18, 1944 | 79 years, 330 days | |
Mary E. Peters | Secretary of Transportation | October 17, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | December 4, 1948 | 75 years, 161 days | |
Steve Preston | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | June 5, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | August 4, 1960 | 63 years, 283 days | |
Anthony Principi | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | January 23, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | April 16, 1944 | 80 years, 27 days | |
Condoleezza Rice | Secretary of State | January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | November 14, 1954 | 69 years, 181 days | |
Tom Ridge | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 24, 2003 – February 1, 2005 | August 26, 1945 | 78 years, 261 days | |
Ed Schafer | Secretary of Agriculture | January 28, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | August 8, 1946 | 77 years, 279 days | |
John W. Snow | Secretary of the Treasury | February 3, 2003 – June 28, 2006 | August 2, 1939 | 84 years, 285 days | |
Margaret Spellings | Secretary of Education | January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | November 30, 1957 | 66 years, 165 days | |
Tommy Thompson | Secretary of Health and Human Services | February 2, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | November 19, 1941 | 82 years, 176 days | |
Ann Veneman | Secretary of Agriculture | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 | June 29, 1949 | 74 years, 319 days | |
Barack Obama | John Bryson | Secretary of Commerce | October 21, 2011 – June 21, 2012 | July 24, 1943 | 80 years, 294 days |
Sylvia Mathews Burwell | Secretary of Health and Human Services | June 9, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | June 23, 1965 | 58 years, 325 days | |
Julian Castro | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | July 28, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | September 16, 1974 | 49 years, 240 days | |
Steven Chu | Secretary of Energy | January 21, 2009 – April 22, 2013 | February 28, 1948 | 76 years, 75 days | |
Hillary Clinton | Secretary of State | January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013 | October 26, 1947 | 76 years, 200 days | |
Shaun Donovan | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 26, 2009 – July 28, 2014 | January 24, 1966 | 58 years, 110 days | |
Arne Duncan | Secretary of Education | January 21, 2009 – July 31, 2016 | November 6, 1964 | 59 years, 189 days | |
Anthony Foxx | Secretary of Transportation | July 2, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | April 30, 1971 | 53 years, 13 days | |
Robert Gates | Secretary of Defense | January 20, 2009 – June 30, 2011 | September 25, 1943 | 80 years, 231 days | |
Timothy Geithner | Secretary of the Treasury | January 26, 2009 – January 25, 2013 | August 18, 1961 | 62 years, 269 days | |
Chuck Hagel | Secretary of Defense | February 27, 2013 – February 17, 2015 | October 4, 1946 | 77 years, 222 days | |
Eric Holder | Attorney General | February 3, 2009 – April 27, 2015 | January 21, 1951 | 73 years, 113 days | |
Sally Jewell | Secretary of the Interior | April 12, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | February 21, 1956 | 68 years, 82 days | |
Jeh Johnson | Secretary of Homeland Security | December 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | September 11, 1957 | 66 years, 245 days | |
John Kerry | Secretary of State | February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | December 11, 1943 | 80 years, 154 days | |
John King Jr. | Secretary of Education | September 14, 2016 – January 20, 2017 | January 5, 1975 | 49 years, 129 days | |
Ray LaHood | Secretary of Transportation | January 23, 2009 – July 2, 2013 | December 6, 1945 | 78 years, 159 days | |
Jack Lew | Secretary of the Treasury | February 28, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | August 29, 1955 | 68 years, 258 days | |
Gary Locke | Secretary of Commerce | March 26, 2009 – August 1, 2011 | January 21, 1950 | 74 years, 113 days | |
Loretta Lynch | Attorney General | April 27, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | May 21, 1959 | 64 years, 358 days | |
Bob McDonald | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | July 30, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | June 20, 1953 | 70 years, 328 days | |
Ernest Moniz | Secretary of Energy | May 21, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | December 22, 1944 | 79 years, 143 days | |
Janet Napolitano | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 21, 2009 – September 6, 2013 | November 29, 1957 | 66 years, 166 days | |
Leon Panetta | Secretary of Defense | July 1, 2011 – February 27, 2013 | June 28, 1938 | 85 years, 320 days | |
Tom Perez | Secretary of Labor | July 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | October 7, 1961 | 62 years, 219 days | |
Penny Pritzker | Secretary of Commerce | June 26, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | May 2, 1959 | 65 years, 11 days | |
Ken Salazar | Secretary of the Interior | January 20, 2009 – April 12, 2013 | March 2, 1955 | 69 years, 72 days | |
Kathleen Sebelius | Secretary of Health and Human Services | April 28, 2009 – June 9, 2014 | May 15, 1948 | 75 years, 364 days | |
Eric Shinseki | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | January 21, 2009 – May 30, 2014 | November 28, 1942 | 81 years, 167 days | |
Hilda Solis | Secretary of Labor | February 24, 2009 – January 22, 2013 | October 20, 1957 | 66 years, 206 days | |
Tom Vilsack | Secretary of Agriculture | January 20, 2009 – January 13, 2017 | December 13, 1950 | 73 years, 152 days | |
Donald Trump | Alexander Acosta | Secretary of Labor | April 28, 2017 – July 19, 2019 | January 16, 1969 | 55 years, 118 days |
Alex Azar | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 29, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | June 17, 1967 | 56 years, 331 days | |
William Barr | Attorney General | February 14, 2019 – December 23, 2020 | May 23, 1950 | 73 years, 356 days | |
David Bernhardt | Secretary of the Interior | April 11, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | August 17, 1969 | 54 years, 270 days | |
Dan Brouillette | Secretary of Energy | December 4, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | August 18, 1962 | 61 years, 269 days | |
Ben Carson | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | March 2, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | September 18, 1951 | 72 years, 238 days | |
Elaine Chao | Secretary of Transportation | January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021 | March 26, 1953 | 71 years, 48 days | |
Betsy DeVos | Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 – January 8, 2021 | January 8, 1958 | 66 years, 126 days | |
Mark Esper | Secretary of Defense | July 23, 2019 – November 9, 2020 | April 26, 1964 | 60 years, 17 days | |
John F. Kelly | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 20, 2017 – July 31, 2017 | May 11, 1950 | 74 years, 2 days | |
Jim Mattis | Secretary of Defense | January 20, 2017 – December 31, 2018 | September 8, 1950 | 73 years, 248 days | |
Steven Mnuchin | Secretary of the Treasury | February 13, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | December 21, 1962 | 61 years, 144 days | |
Kirstjen Nielsen | Secretary of Homeland Security | December 6, 2017 – April 10, 2019 | May 14, 1972 | 51 years, 365 days | |
Sonny Perdue | Secretary of Agriculture | April 25, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | December 20, 1946 | 77 years, 145 days | |
Rick Perry | Secretary of Energy | March 2, 2017 – December 1, 2019 | March 4, 1950 | 74 years, 70 days | |
Mike Pompeo | Secretary of State | April 26, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | December 30, 1963 | 60 years, 135 days | |
Tom Price | Secretary of Health and Human Services | February 10, 2017 – September 29, 2017 | October 8, 1954 | 69 years, 218 days | |
Wilbur Ross | Secretary of Commerce | February 28, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | November 28, 1937 | 86 years, 167 days | |
Eugene Scalia | Secretary of Labor | September 30, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | August 14, 1963 | 60 years, 273 days | |
Jeff Sessions | Attorney General | February 9, 2017 – November 7, 2018 | December 24, 1946 | 77 years, 141 days | |
David Shulkin | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | February 14, 2017 – March 28, 2018 | July 22, 1959 | 64 years, 296 days | |
Rex Tillerson | Secretary of State | February 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 | March 23, 1952 | 72 years, 51 days | |
Robert Wilkie | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | July 30, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | August 2, 1962 | 61 years, 285 days | |
Ryan Zinke | Secretary of the Interior | March 1, 2017 – January 2, 2019 | November 1, 1961 | 62 years, 194 days |
Last surviving Cabinet members of each presidency
No. | Name | Position | Administration | Tenure | Post-administration timespan | Lifespan | ||
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Born | Died | Age | ||||||
1 | Oliver Wolcott Jr. | Secretary of the Treasury | Washington | February 3, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | 36 years, 89 days | January 11, 1760 | June 1, 1833 | 73 years, 141 days |
2 | John Marshall | Secretary of State | Adams | June 13, 1800 – March 4, 1801 | 34 years, 124 days | September 24, 1755 | July 6, 1835 | 79 years, 285 days |
3 | Albert Gallatin | Secretary of the Treasury | Jefferson | May 14, 1801 – March 4, 1809 | 40 years, 161 days | January 29, 1761 | August 12, 1849 | 88 years, 195 days |
4 | Richard Rush | Attorney General | Madison | February 10, 1814 – March 4, 1817 | 42 years, 148 days | August 29, 1780 | July 30, 1859 | 78 years, 335 days |
5 | Richard Rush | Attorney General | Monroe | March 4, 1817 – November 12, 1817 | 34 years, 148 days | August 29, 1780 | July 30, 1859 | 78 years, 335 days |
6 | Richard Rush | Secretary of the Treasury | Adams | March 7, 1825 – March 4, 1829 | 30 years, 148 days | August 29, 1780 | July 30, 1859 | 78 years, 335 days |
7 | Amos Kendall | Postmaster General | Jackson | May 1, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | 32 years, 253 days | August 16, 1789 | November 12, 1869 | 80 years, 88 days |
8 | Amos Kendall | Postmaster General | Van Buren | March 4, 1837 – May 18, 1840 | 28 years, 253 days | August 16, 1789 | November 12, 1869 | 80 years, 88 days |
9 | Thomas Ewing | Secretary of the Treasury | Harrison | March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 | 30 years, 205 days | December 28, 1789 | October 26, 1871 | 81 years, 302 days |
10 | Thomas Ewing | Secretary of the Treasury | Tyler | April 4, 1841 – September 11, 1841 | 26 years, 236 days | December 28, 1789 | October 26, 1871 | 81 years, 302 days |
11 | George Bancroft | Secretary of the Navy | Polk | March 11, 1845 – September 9, 1846 | 41 years, 319 days | October 3, 1800 | January 17, 1891 | 90 years, 106 days |
12 | Reverdy Johnson | Attorney General | Taylor | March 8, 1849 – July 9, 1850 | 25 years, 216 days | May 21, 1796 | February 10, 1876 | 79 years, 265 days |
13 | Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart | Secretary of the Interior | Fillmore | September 14, 1850 – March 4, 1853 | 37 years, 346 days | April 2, 1807 | February 13, 1891 | 83 years, 317 days |
14 | James Campbell | Postmaster General | Pierce | March 7, 1853 – March 4, 1857 | 35 years, 329 days | September 1, 1812 | January 27, 1893 | 80 years, 148 days |
15 | Horatio King | Postmaster General | Buchanan | February 12, 1861 – March 4, 1861 | 36 years, 82 days | June 21, 1811 | May 25, 1897 | 85 years, 338 days |
16 | Hugh McCulloch | Secretary of the Treasury | Lincoln | March 9, 1865 – April 15, 1865 | 30 years, 39 days | December 7, 1808 | May 24, 1895 | 86 years, 168 days |
17 | John Schofield | Secretary of War | Johnson | June 1, 1868 – March 4, 1869 | 37 years, 0 days | September 29, 1831 | March 4, 1906 | 74 years, 156 days |
18 | J. Donald Cameron | Secretary of War | Grant | May 22, 1876 – March 4, 1877 | 41 years, 179 days | May 14, 1833 | August 30, 1918 | 85 years, 108 days |
19 | Nathan Goff Jr. | Secretary of the Navy | Hayes | January 7, 1881 – March 4, 1881 | 39 years, 50 days | February 9, 1843 | April 23, 1920 | 77 years, 74 days |
20 | Robert Todd Lincoln | Secretary of War | Garfield | March 5, 1881 – September 19, 1881 | 44 years, 310 days | August 1, 1843 | July 26, 1926 | 82 years, 359 days |
21 | Robert Todd Lincoln | Secretary of War | Arthur | September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 | 41 years, 144 days | August 1, 1843 | July 26, 1926 | 82 years, 359 days |
22 | Charles S. Fairchild | Secretary of the Treasury | Cleveland | April 1, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | 35 years, 265 days | April 30, 1842 | November 24, 1924 | 82 years, 208 days |
23 | John Wanamaker | Postmaster General | Harrison | March 5, 1889 – March 4, 1893 | 29 years, 283 days | July 11, 1838 | December 12, 1922 | 84 years, 154 days |
24 | Hoke Smith | Secretary of the Interior | Cleveland | March 6, 1893 – September 1, 1896 | 34 years, 268 days | September 2, 1855 | November 27, 1931 | 76 years, 86 days |
25 | Elihu Root | Secretary of War | McKinley | August 1, 1899 – September 14, 1901 | 35 years, 146 days | February 15, 1845 | February 7, 1937 | 91 years, 358 days |
26 | James Rudolph Garfield | Secretary of the Interior | Roosevelt | March 5, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | 41 years, 20 days | October 17, 1865 | March 24, 1950 | 84 years, 158 days |
27 | Henry L. Stimson | Secretary of War | Taft | May 22, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | 37 years, 230 days | September 21, 1867 | October 20, 1950 | 83 years, 29 days |
28 | Bainbridge Colby | Secretary of State | Wilson | March 23, 1920 – March 4, 1921 | 29 years, 38 days | December 22, 1869 | April 11, 1950 | 80 years, 110 days |
29 | Herbert Hoover | Secretary of Commerce | Harding | March 5, 1921 – August 2, 1923 | 41 years, 79 days | August 10, 1874 | October 20, 1964 | 90 years, 71 days |
30 | Herbert Hoover | Secretary of Commerce | Coolidge | August 2, 1923 – August 21, 1928 | 35 years, 230 days | August 10, 1874 | October 20, 1964 | 90 years, 71 days |
31 | Patrick J. Hurley | Secretary of War | Hoover | December 9, 1929 – March 4, 1933 | 30 years, 148 days | January 8, 1883 | July 30, 1963 | 80 years, 203 days |
32 | James Farley | Postmaster General | Roosevelt | March 4, 1933 – September 10, 1940 | 31 years, 58 days | May 30, 1888 | June 9, 1976 | 88 years, 10 days |
33 | Charles F. Brannan | Secretary of Agriculture | Truman | June 2, 1948 – January 20, 1953 | 39 years, 164 days | August 23, 1903 | July 2, 1992 | 88 years, 314 days |
34 | William P. Rogers | Attorney General | Eisenhower | October 23, 1957 – January 20, 1961 | 39 years, 348 days | June 23, 1913 | January 2, 2001 | 87 years, 193 days |
35 | W. Willard Wirtz | Secretary of Labor | Kennedy | September 25, 1962 – November 22, 1963 | 46 years, 153 days | March 14, 1912 | April 24, 2010 | 98 years, 41 days |
36 | Ramsey Clark | Attorney General | Johnson | March 10, 1967 – January 20, 1969 | 52 years, 79 days | December 18, 1927 | April 9, 2021 | 93 years, 112 days |
37 | Henry Kissinger | Secretary of State | Nixon | September 22, 1973 – August 9, 1974 | 47 years, 267 days | May 27, 1923 | November 29, 2023 | 100 years, 186 days |