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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 June 3, 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, 183 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.

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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, 183 days 39,630 days
3 George P. Shultz December 13, 1920 Living 103 years, 173 days 37,793 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, 165 days 36,690 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 95 years, 286 days 34,984 days
8 Ray Donovan August 31, 1930 Living 93 years, 277 days 34,245 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, 193 days 34,161 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 87 years, 310 days 32,086 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, 160 days 30,841 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, 200 days 30,150 days
17 Robert Reich June 24, 1946 Living 77 years, 345 days 28,469 days
18 Alexis Herman July 16, 1947 Living 76 years, 323 days 28,082 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, 69 days 26,002 days
22 Hilda Solis October 20, 1957 Living 66 years, 227 days 24,333 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