User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Transportation

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This is a list of United States Secretaries of Transportation in order of longevity. There are currently sixteen Secretaries on the list and thirteen living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of May 25, 2024. The oldest living Secretary is William T. Coleman. He is currently 103 years, 323 days old.

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 T. Coleman July 7, 1920 Living 103 years, 323 days 37,943 days
2 Alan S. Boyd July 20, 1922 Living 101 years, 310 days 37,200 days
3 John A. Volpe December 8, 1908 November 11, 1994 85 years, 338 days 31,384 days
4 Claude Brinegar December 16, 1926 March 13, 2009 82 years, 87 days 30,038 days
5 Andrew L. Lewis November 3, 1931 Living 92 years, 204 days 33,807 days
6 Norman Mineta November 12, 1931 Living 92 years, 195 days 33,798 days
7 Brock Adams January 13, 1927 September 10, 2004 77 years, 241 days 28,365 days
8 Elizabeth Dole July 29, 1936 Living 87 years, 301 days 32,077 days
9 Samuel K. Skinner June 10, 1938 Living 85 years, 350 days 31,396 days
10 Neil Goldschmidt June 16, 1940 Living 83 years, 344 days 30,659 days
11 Ray Lahood December 6, 1945 Living 78 years, 171 days 28,660 days
12 Federico Pena March 15, 1947 Living 77 years, 71 days 28,196 days
13 Andrew Card May 10, 1947 Living 77 years, 15 days 28,140 days
14 James H. Burnley July 30, 1948 Living 75 years, 300 days 27,693 days
15 Mary Peters December 4, 1948 Living 75 years, 173 days 27,566 days
16 Rodney E. Slater February 23, 1955 Living 69 years, 92 days 25,294 days
Secretaries of Transportation 16
Living 13
Deceased 3