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The oldest living former cabinet member is W. Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury (served 1977–1979) during the Carter Administration. The youngest living former cabinet member is John King Jr., Secretary of Education (served 2016–2017) during the Obama administration.
Cabinet members from each of the eight most recent presidential administrations, since the presidency of Gerald Ford (1974–1977), are still living, including all former cabinet members from the administrations of Barack Obama (2009–2017) and Donald Trump (2017–2021).
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Jan 31, 2020 · The oldest living former cabinet member is Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford (1974–1977) administrations. The youngest living former cabinet member is John King Jr., Secretary of Education during the Obama administration.
William P. Rogers served for 2872 days in a cabinet office, 51 days short. Rogers served first under President Dwight Eisenhower as Attorney General (1957–1961) and then later under Richard Nixon as Secretary of State.
Feb 7, 2021 · Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, 93, is the last living member of President Lyndon Johnson’s cabinet. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 97, is the only living member of President Richard Nixon’s cabinet.
The oldest living former cabinet member is William Coleman, Secretary of Transportation during the Ford Administration. The youngest living former cabinet member is Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Obama Administration.
There are 26 members: the vice president, 15 department heads, and 10 Cabinet-level officials, all except two of whom require Senate confirmation. During Cabinet meetings, the members sit in the order in which their respective department was created, with the earliest being closest to the president and the newest farthest away. [1]
