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 June 3, 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 93 years, 316 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.

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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 93 years, 316 days 34,284 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, 152 days 33,024 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, 268 days 28,757 days
10 Mel Martinez October 23, 1946 Living 77 years, 224 days 28,348 days
11 Henry Cisneros June 11, 1947 Living 76 years, 358 days 28,117 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, 180 days 24,286 days
14 Steve Preston August 4, 1960 Living 63 years, 304 days 23,314 days
15 Shaun Donovan January 24, 1966 Living 58 years, 131 days 21,315 days
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development 15
Living 9
Deceased 6