User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development
This is a list of United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development in order of longevity. There are currently fifteen Secretaries on the list and nine living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of September 20, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Robert C. Weaver (1907 - 1997), who died at the age of 89 years, 200 days. The oldest living Secretary is Maurice E. Landrieu. He is currently 94 years, 59 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since December 6, 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
[edit]Rank |
Secretary |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert C. Weaver | December 29, 1907 | July 17, 1997 | 89 years, 200 days | 32,708 days |
2 | George W. Romney | July 8, 1907 | July 26, 1995 | 88 years, 18 days | 32,160 days |
3 | James T. Lynn | February 27, 1927 | December 6, 2010 | 83 years, 282 days | 30,598 days |
4 | Maurice E. Landrieu | July 23, 1930 | Living | 94 years, 59 days | 34,393 days |
5 | Robert C. Wood | September 16, 1923 | April 1, 2005 | 81 years, 197 days | 29,783 days |
6 | Carla A. Hills | January 3, 1934 | Living | 90 years, 261 days | 33,133 days |
7 | Samuel Pierce | September 8, 1922 | October 31, 2000 | 78 years, 53 days | 28,543 days |
8 | Jack Kemp | July 13, 1935 | May 2, 2009 | 73 years, 293 days | 26,957 days |
9 | Alphonso Jackson | September 9, 1945 | Living | 79 years, 11 days | 28,866 days |
10 | Mel Martinez | October 23, 1946 | Living | 77 years, 333 days | 28,457 days |
11 | Henry Cisneros | June 11, 1947 | Living | 77 years, 101 days | 28,226 days |
12 | Patricia R. Harris | May 31, 1924 | March 23, 1985 | 60 years, 296 days | 22,211 days |
13 | Andrew Cuomo | December 6, 1957 | Living | 66 years, 289 days | 24,395 days |
14 | Steve Preston | August 4, 1960 | Living | 64 years, 47 days | 23,423 days |
15 | Shaun Donovan | January 24, 1966 | Living | 58 years, 240 days | 21,424 days |
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development | 15 |
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Living | 9 |
Deceased | 6 |