This is a list of the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in order of longevity. There are currently nineteen Chairmen on the list and nine living Chairmen. The list is in descending order and is correct as of July 6, 2024. The oldest Chairman is Thomas H. Moorer (1912 - 2004), who died at the age of 91 years, 361 days. The oldest living Chairman is David C. Jones. He is currently 102 years, 363 days old and has held the title of oldest living Chairman since February 5, 2004.
To account for the different number of leap days within the life of each Chairman, two measures of longevity are given. The first is the number of whole years the Chairman lived, and the number of days past their last birthday. The second lists the total number of days lived by the Chairman.
List
editRank |
Chairman |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years, Days) |
Longevity (Days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas H. Moorer | February 9, 1912 | February 5, 2004 | 91 years, 361 days | 33,599 days |
2 | David C. Jones | July 9, 1921 | Living | 102 years, 363 days | 37,618 days |
3 | John W. Vessey | June 29, 1922 | Living | 102 years, 7 days | 37,263 days |
4 | Lyman Lemnitzer | August 29, 1899 | November 12, 1988 | 89 years, 75 days | 32,582 days |
5 | Omar Bradley | February 12, 1893 | April 8, 1981 | 88 years, 55 days | 32,196 days |
6 | Maxwell D. Taylor | August 26, 1901 | April 19, 1987 | 85 years, 236 days | 31,282 days |
7 | Nathan F. Twining | October 11, 1897 | March 29, 1982 | 84 years, 169 days | 30,849 days |
8 | William J. Crowe | January 2, 1925 | October 18, 2007 | 82 years, 289 days | 30,239 days |
9 | David E. Jeremiah | February 25, 1934 | Living | 90 years, 132 days | 33,004 days |
10 | Arthur W. Radford | February 27, 1896 | August 17, 1973 | 77 years, 171 days | 28,295 days |
11 | John Shalikashvili | June 27, 1936 | July 23, 2011 | 75 years, 26 days | 27,419 days |
12 | Colin Powell | April 5, 1937 | Living | 87 years, 92 days | 31,869 days |
13 | Hugh Shelton | January 2, 1942 | Living | 82 years, 186 days | 30,136 days |
14 | Richard Myers | March 1, 1942 | Living | 82 years, 127 days | 30,078 days |
15 | Earle Wheeler | January 13, 1908 | December 18, 1975 | 67 years, 339 days | 24,811 days |
16 | Peter Pace | November 5, 1945 | Living | 78 years, 244 days | 28,733 days |
17 | Michael Mullen | October 4, 1946 | Living | 77 years, 276 days | 28,400 days |
18 | George S. Brown | August 17, 1918 | December 5, 1978 | 60 years, 110 days | 22,025 days |
19 | Martin Dempsey | March 14, 1952 | Living | 72 years, 114 days | 26,412 days |
Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | 19 |
---|---|
Living | 9 |
Deceased | 10 |