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 August 7, 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, 15 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) |
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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, 15 days | 34,349 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, 217 days | 33,089 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 | 78 years, 333 days | 28,822 days |
10 | Mel Martinez | October 23, 1946 | Living | 77 years, 289 days | 28,413 days |
11 | Henry Cisneros | June 11, 1947 | Living | 77 years, 57 days | 28,182 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, 245 days | 24,351 days |
14 | Steve Preston | August 4, 1960 | Living | 64 years, 3 days | 23,379 days |
15 | Shaun Donovan | January 24, 1966 | Living | 58 years, 196 days | 21,380 days |
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development | 15 |
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Living | 9 |
Deceased | 6 |