User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of Education
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This is a list of United States Secretaries of Education in order of longevity. There are currently nine Secretaries on the list and eight living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of July 4, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Shirley Hufstedler. She is currently 98 years, 315 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.
List
editRank |
Secretary |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
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1 | Shirley Hufstedler | August 24, 1925 | Living | 98 years, 315 days | 36,109 days |
2 | Lauro Cavazos | January 4, 1927 | Living | 97 years, 182 days | 35,611 days |
3 | Richard Riley | January 2, 1933 | Living | 91 years, 184 days | 33,421 days |
4 | Rod Paige | June 17, 1933 | Living | 91 years, 17 days | 33,255 days |
5 | Terrel Bell | November 11, 1921 | June 22, 1996 | 74 years, 224 days | 27,252 days |
6 | Andrew L. Alexander | July 3, 1940 | Living | 84 years, 1 day | 30,682 days |
7 | William Bennett | July 31, 1943 | Living | 80 years, 339 days | 29,559 days |
8 | Margaret Spellings | November 30, 1957 | Living | 66 years, 217 days | 24,323 days |
9 | Arne Duncan | November 6, 1964 | Living | 59 years, 241 days | 21,790 days |
Secretaries of Education | 9 |
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Living | 8 |
Deceased | 1 |