User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
This is a list of United States Secretaries of Veterans Affairs in order of longevity. There are currently seven Secretaries on the list and five living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of June 3, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Ed Derwinski (1926 - 2012), who died at the age of 85 years, 122 days. The oldest living Secretary is Robert J. Nicholson. He is currently 86 years, 120 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since January 15, 2012.
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
editRank |
Secretary |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
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1 | Ed Derwinski | September 15, 1926 | January 15, 2012 | 85 years, 122 days | 31,168 days |
2 | Robert J. Nicholson | February 4, 1938 | Living | 86 years, 120 days | 31,531 days |
3 | Togo D. West | June 21, 1942 | Living | 81 years, 348 days | 29,933 days |
4 | Eric Shinseki | November 28, 1942 | Living | 81 years, 188 days | 29,773 days |
5 | Anthony Principi | April 16, 1944 | Living | 80 years, 48 days | 29,268 days |
6 | James Peake | June 18, 1944 | Living | 79 years, 351 days | 29,205 days |
7 | Jesse Brown | March 27, 1944 | August 15, 2002 | 58 years, 141 days | 21,325 days |
Secretaries of Veterans Affairs | 7 |
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Living | 6 |
Deceased | 1 |