This is a list of United States Secretaries of Transportation in order of longevity. There are currently sixteen Secretaries on the list and thirteen living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of August 18, 2024. The oldest living Secretary is William T. Coleman. He is currently 104 years, 42 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 | William T. Coleman | July 7, 1920 | Living | 104 years, 42 days | 38,028 days |
2 | Alan S. Boyd | July 20, 1922 | Living | 102 years, 29 days | 37,285 days |
3 | John A. Volpe | December 8, 1908 | November 11, 1994 | 85 years, 338 days | 31,384 days |
4 | Claude Brinegar | December 16, 1926 | March 13, 2009 | 82 years, 87 days | 30,038 days |
5 | Andrew L. Lewis | November 3, 1931 | Living | 92 years, 289 days | 33,892 days |
6 | Norman Mineta | November 12, 1931 | Living | 92 years, 280 days | 33,883 days |
7 | Brock Adams | January 13, 1927 | September 10, 2004 | 77 years, 241 days | 28,365 days |
8 | Elizabeth Dole | July 29, 1936 | Living | 88 years, 20 days | 32,162 days |
9 | Samuel K. Skinner | June 10, 1938 | Living | 86 years, 69 days | 31,481 days |
10 | Neil Goldschmidt | June 16, 1940 | Living | 84 years, 63 days | 30,744 days |
11 | Ray Lahood | December 6, 1945 | Living | 78 years, 256 days | 28,745 days |
12 | Federico Pena | March 15, 1947 | Living | 77 years, 156 days | 28,281 days |
13 | Andrew Card | May 10, 1947 | Living | 77 years, 100 days | 28,225 days |
14 | James H. Burnley | July 30, 1948 | Living | 76 years, 19 days | 27,778 days |
15 | Mary Peters | December 4, 1948 | Living | 75 years, 258 days | 27,651 days |
16 | Rodney E. Slater | February 23, 1955 | Living | 69 years, 177 days | 25,379 days |
Secretaries of Transportation | 16 |
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Living | 13 |
Deceased | 3 |