User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of the Navy
This is a list of United States Secretaries of the Navy in order of longevity. There are currently sixty-nine Secretaries on the list and twelve living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of September 2, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Paul Nitze (1907 - 2004), who died at the age of 97 years, 277 days. The oldest living Secretary is Paul R. Ignatius. He is currently 103 years, 296 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since October 19, 2004.
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 | Paul Nitze | January 16, 1907 | October 19, 2004 | 97 years, 277 days | 35,706 days |
2 | Paul R. Ignatius | November 11, 1920 | Living | 103 years, 296 days | 37,916 days |
3 | Richard W. Thompson | June 9, 1809 | February 9, 1900 | 90 years, 245 days | 33,117 days |
4 | George Bancroft | October 3, 1800 | January 17, 1891 | 90 years, 106 days | 32,978 days |
5 | Fred Korth | September 9, 1909 | September 14, 1998 | 89 years, 5 days | 32,512 days |
6 | Charles F. Adams | August 2, 1866 | June 10, 1954 | 87 years, 312 days | 32,088 days |
7 | John W. Middendorf | September 22, 1924 | Living | 99 years, 346 days | 36,505 days |
8 | Curtis D. Wilbur | May 10, 1867 | September 8, 1954 | 87 years, 121 days | 31,897 days |
9 | Josephus Daniels | May 18, 1862 | January 15, 1948 | 85 years, 242 days | 31,287 days |
10 | Benjamin F. Tracy | April 26, 1830 | August 6, 1915 | 85 years, 102 days | 31,147 days |
11 | William B. Franke | April 15, 1894 | June 30, 1979 | 85 years, 76 days | 31,121 days |
12 | Robert Smith | November 3, 1757 | November 26, 1842 | 85 years, 23 days | 31,068 days |
13 | John Warner | February 18, 1927 | Living | 97 years, 197 days | 35,626 days |
14 | Hilary A. Herbert | March 12, 1834 | March 6, 1919 | 84 years, 359 days | 31,039 days |
15 | Mahlon Dickerson | April 17, 1770 | October 5, 1853 | 83 years, 171 days | 30,486 days |
16 | John L. Sullivan | June 16, 1899 | August 8, 1982 | 83 years, 53 days | 30,368 days |
17 | Victor H. Metcalf | October 10, 1853 | February 20, 1936 | 82 years, 133 days | 30,082 days |
18 | Edward Hidalgo | October 12, 1912 | January 21, 1995 | 82 years, 101 days | 30,051 days |
19 | William G. Claytor | March 14, 1912 | May 14, 1994 | 82 years, 61 days | 30,011 days |
20 | William E. Chandler | December 28, 1835 | November 30, 1917 | 81 years, 337 days | 29,922 days |
21 | James K. Paulding | August 22, 1778 | April 6, 1860 | 81 years, 228 days | 29,812 days |
22 | Truman H. Newberry | November 5, 1864 | October 3, 1945 | 80 years, 332 days | 29,551 days |
23 | John Branch | November 4, 1782 | January 3, 1863 | 80 years, 60 days | 29,279 days |
24 | Robert B. Anderson | June 4, 1910 | August 14, 1989 | 79 years, 71 days | 28,926 days |
25 | Charles Edison | August 3, 1890 | July 31, 1969 | 78 years, 362 days | 28,851 days |
26 | Benjamin W. Crowninshield | December 27, 1772 | February 3, 1851 | 78 years, 38 days | 28,526 days |
27 | Claude A. Swanson | March 31, 1862 | July 7, 1939 | 77 years, 98 days | 28,221 days |
28 | Nathan Goff | February 9, 1843 | April 24, 1920 | 77 years, 75 days | 28,198 days |
29 | John Chafee | October 22, 1922 | October 24, 1999 | 77 years, 2 days | 28,126 days |
30 | Thomas S. Gates | April 10, 1906 | March 25, 1983 | 76 years, 349 days | 28,108 days |
31 | John D. Long | October 27, 1838 | August 28, 1915 | 76 years, 305 days | 28,063 days |
32 | Isaac Toucey | November 15, 1792 | July 30, 1869 | 76 years, 257 days | 28,015 days |
33 | John Connally | February 27, 1917 | June 15, 1993 | 76 years, 108 days | 27,867 days |
34 | Smith Thompson | January 17, 1768 | December 18, 1843 | 75 years, 335 days | 27,728 days |
35 | Gideon Welles | July 1, 1802 | February 11, 1878 | 75 years, 225 days | 27,619 days |
36 | John P. Kennedy | October 25, 1795 | August 18, 1870 | 74 years, 297 days | 27,325 days |
37 | Gordon R. England | September 15, 1937 | Living | 86 years, 353 days | 31,764 days |
38 | Dan A. Kimball | March 1, 1896 | July 30, 1970 | 74 years, 151 days | 27,178 days |
39 | Henry L. Garrett | June 24, 1939 | Living | 85 years, 70 days | 31,117 days |
40 | George E. Badger | April 17, 1795 | May 11, 1866 | 71 years, 24 days | 25,956 days |
41 | William A. Graham | September 5, 1804 | August 11, 1875 | 70 years, 340 days | 25,907 days |
42 | William F. Knox | January 1, 1874 | April 28, 1944 | 70 years, 118 days | 25,684 days |
43 | John H. Dalton | December 13, 1941 | Living | 82 years, 264 days | 30,214 days |
44 | Adolph E. Borie | November 25, 1809 | February 5, 1880 | 70 years, 72 days | 25,639 days |
45 | Charles J. Bonaparte | June 9, 1851 | June 28, 1921 | 70 years, 19 days | 25,586 days |
46 | John Lehman | September 14, 1942 | Living | 81 years, 354 days | 29,939 days |
47 | George M. Robeson | March 16, 1829 | September 27, 1897 | 68 years, 195 days | 25,032 days |
48 | Richard Danzig | September 8, 1944 | Living | 79 years, 360 days | 29,214 days |
49 | James H. Webb | February 9, 1946 | Living | 78 years, 206 days | 28,695 days |
50 | Francis P. Matthews | March 15, 1887 | October 18, 1952 | 65 years, 217 days | 23,958 days |
51 | William L. Ball | June 10, 1948 | Living | 76 years, 84 days | 27,843 days |
52 | William H. Moody | December 23, 1853 | July 2, 1917 | 63 years, 191 days | 23,201 days |
53 | Ray Mabus | October 11, 1948 | Living | 75 years, 327 days | 27,720 days |
54 | William C. Whitney | July 5, 1841 | February 2, 1904 | 62 years, 212 days | 22,856 days |
55 | Levi Woodbury | December 22, 1789 | September 4, 1851 | 61 years, 256 days | 22,535 days |
56 | David Henshaw | April 2, 1791 | November 11, 1852 | 61 years, 223 days | 22,503 days |
57 | William H. Hunt | June 12, 1823 | February 27, 1884 | 60 years, 260 days | 22,175 days |
58 | John Y. Mason | April 18, 1799 | October 3, 1859 | 60 years, 168 days | 22,082 days |
59 | George Meyer | June 24, 1858 | March 9, 1918 | 59 years, 258 days | 21,807 days |
60 | Edwin Denby | February 18, 1870 | February 8, 1929 | 58 years, 356 days | 21,539 days |
61 | James Forrestal | February 15, 1892 | May 22, 1949 | 57 years, 96 days | 20,915 days |
62 | William B. Preston | November 25, 1805 | November 16, 1862 | 56 years, 356 days | 20,810 days |
63 | Sean O'Keefe | January 27, 1956 | Living | 68 years, 219 days | 25,056 days |
64 | Samuel L. Southard | June 9, 1787 | June 26, 1842 | 55 years, 17 days | 20,105 days |
65 | Paul Morton | May 22, 1857 | February 19, 1911 | 53 years, 273 days | 19,630 days |
66 | Paul Hamilton | October 16, 1762 | June 30, 1816 | 53 years, 258 days | 19,615 days |
67 | Abel P. Upshur | June 17, 1790 | February 28, 1844 | 53 years, 256 days | 19,613 days |
68 | James C. Dobbin | January 17, 1814 | August 4, 1857 | 43 years, 199 days | 15,905 days |
69 | Thomas W. Gilmer | April 6, 1802 | February 28, 1844 | 41 years, 328 days | 15,303 days |
Secretaries of the Navy | 69 |
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Living | 12 |
Deceased | 57 |