User:Canuckian89/United States Secretaries of State

This is a list of United States Secretaries of State in order of longevity. There are currently sixty-five Secretaries on the list and seven living Secretaries. The list is in descending order and is correct as of. The oldest Secretary is Elihu Root (1845 - 1937), who died at the age of 91 years, 358 days. The oldest living Secretary is George P. Shultz. He is currently 103 years, 224 days old and has held the title of oldest living Secretary since January 12, 2002.

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.