This is a list of United States Secretaries of the Interior in order of longevity. There are currently fifty Secretaries on the list and nine living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of August 4, 2024. The oldest Secretary is Wally Hickel (1919 - 2010), who died at the age of 90 years, 262 days. The oldest living Secretary is Manuel Lujan. He is currently 96 years, 84 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since May 7, 2010.
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 | Walter J. Hickel | August 18, 1919 | May 7, 2010 | 90 years, 262 days | 33,135 days |
2 | Stewart Udall | January 31, 1920 | March 20, 2010 | 90 years, 48 days | 32,921 days |
3 | Roy O. West | October 27, 1868 | November 29, 1958 | 90 years, 33 days | 32,904 days |
4 | Thomas S. Kleppe | July 1, 1919 | March 2, 2007 | 87 years, 244 days | 32,021 days |
5 | Columbus Delano | June 4, 1809 | October 23, 1896 | 87 years, 141 days | 31,918 days |
6 | James R. Garfield | October 17, 1865 | March 24, 1950 | 84 years, 158 days | 30,838 days |
7 | Alexander Stuart | April 2, 1807 | February 13, 1891 | 83 years, 317 days | 30,633 days |
8 | Manuel Lujan | May 12, 1928 | Living | 96 years, 84 days | 35,148 days |
9 | Henry M. Teller | May 23, 1830 | February 23, 1914 | 83 years, 276 days | 30,591 days |
10 | Albert B. Fall | November 26, 1861 | November 30, 1944 | 83 years, 4 days | 30,319 days |
11 | Hubert Work | July 3, 1860 | December 14, 1942 | 82 years, 164 days | 30,113 days |
12 | Thomas Ewing | December 28, 1789 | October 26, 1871 | 81 years, 302 days | 29,886 days |
13 | Oscar L. Chapman | October 22, 1896 | February 8, 1978 | 81 years, 109 days | 29,693 days |
14 | Stanley K. Hathaway | July 19, 1924 | October 4, 2005 | 81 years, 77 days | 29,662 days |
15 | Samuel J. Kirkwood | December 20, 1813 | September 1, 1894 | 80 years, 255 days | 29,475 days |
16 | Cecil D. Andrus | August 25, 1931 | Living | 92 years, 345 days | 33,948 days |
17 | John W. Noble | October 26, 1831 | March 22, 1912 | 80 years, 148 days | 29,367 days |
18 | William P. Clark | October 23, 1931 | Living | 92 years, 286 days | 33,889 days |
19 | John B. Payne | January 26, 1855 | January 24, 1935 | 79 years, 363 days | 29,217 days |
20 | James Harlan | August 26, 1820 | October 5, 1899 | 79 years, 40 days | 28,894 days |
21 | Cornelius N. Bliss | January 26, 1833 | October 9, 1911 | 78 years, 256 days | 28,744 days |
22 | Harold L. Ickes | March 15, 1874 | February 3, 1952 | 77 years, 325 days | 28,448 days |
23 | Carl Schurz | March 2, 1829 | May 14, 1906 | 77 years, 73 days | 28,196 days |
24 | Donald P. Hodel | May 23, 1935 | Living | 89 years, 73 days | 32,581 days |
25 | David R. Francis | October 1, 1850 | January 15, 1927 | 76 years, 106 days | 27,864 days |
26 | Michael H. Smith | September 2, 1855 | November 27, 1931 | 76 years, 86 days | 27,844 days |
27 | Orville H. Browning | February 10, 1806 | August 10, 1881 | 75 years, 181 days | 27,575 days |
28 | Jacob Thompson | May 15, 1810 | March 24, 1885 | 74 years, 313 days | 27,342 days |
29 | Ray L. Wilbur | April 13, 1875 | June 26, 1949 | 74 years, 74 days | 27,102 days |
30 | James G. Watt | January 31, 1938 | Living | 86 years, 186 days | 31,597 days |
31 | Bruce Babbitt | June 27, 1938 | Living | 86 years, 38 days | 31,450 days |
32 | Ethan A. Hitchcock | September 19, 1835 | April 9, 1909 | 73 years, 202 days | 26,865 days |
33 | Walter L. Fisher | July 4, 1862 | November 9, 1935 | 73 years, 128 days | 26,790 days |
34 | John P. Usher | January 9, 1816 | April 13, 1889 | 73 years, 94 days | 26,758 days |
35 | Robert McClelland | August 1, 1807 | August 30, 1880 | 73 years, 29 days | 26,693 days |
36 | Jacob D. Cox | October 27, 1828 | August 4, 1900 | 71 years, 281 days | 26,213 days |
37 | William F. Vilas | July 9, 1840 | August 27, 1908 | 68 years, 49 days | 24,885 days |
38 | Lucius Lamar | September 17, 1825 | January 23, 1893 | 67 years, 128 days | 24,600 days |
39 | James D. McKay | June 24, 1893 | July 22, 1959 | 66 years, 28 days | 24,133 days |
40 | Zachariah Chandler | December 10, 1813 | November 1, 1879 | 65 years, 326 days | 24,067 days |
41 | Rogers Morton | September 19, 1914 | April 19, 1979 | 64 years, 212 days | 23,588 days |
42 | Fred A. Seaton | December 11, 1909 | January 16, 1974 | 64 years, 36 days | 23,412 days |
43 | Richard A. Ballinger | July 9, 1858 | June 6, 1922 | 63 years, 332 days | 23,342 days |
44 | Julius A. Krug | November 23, 1907 | March 26, 1970 | 62 years, 123 days | 22,769 days |
45 | Dirk Kempthorne | October 29, 1951 | Living | 72 years, 280 days | 26,578 days |
46 | Thomas McKennan | March 31, 1794 | July 9, 1852 | 58 years, 100 days | 21,284 days |
47 | Gale Norton | March 11, 1954 | Living | 70 years, 146 days | 25,714 days |
48 | Ken Salazar | March 2, 1955 | Living | 69 years, 155 days | 25,358 days |
49 | Franklin K. Lane | July 15, 1864 | May 18, 1921 | 56 years, 307 days | 20,760 days |
50 | Caleb B. Smith | April 16, 1808 | January 7, 1864 | 55 years, 266 days | 20,354 days |
Secretaries of the Interior | 50 |
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Living | 9 |
Deceased | 41 |