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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 .
This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general ), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leaders [α] of ...
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Rogers earlier served in the sub-cabinet as Deputy Attorney General (1953–1957), and as a result served at a cabinet or sub-cabinet level during all 2922 days of the Eisenhower Administration. Richard Rush served for 2832 days in a cabinet office, 91 days short.
SecretaryDepartmentLength Of ServicePresidenciesAgriculture15 years, 364 daysMcKinley, T. Roosevelt, TaftInterior12 years, 346 daysF. Roosevelt, TrumanTreasury12 years, 270 daysJefferson, MadisonLabor12 years, 116 daysF. Roosevelt, Truman- Danny K. Davis
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photo source: Bright Spot Danny Davishas been a congressman since 1997. He represents Illinois’s 7th district, which includes most of Western Chicago. Before getting into politics, Davis worked as a government clerk, a high school teacher, executive director of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission, director of training at the Martin L. King...
Danny Davis is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a former member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
photo source: NAACP Jim Clyburnis another member of Congress who is currently in their 80s. Clyburn has served as the Representative of South Carolina’s 6th District since 1993. Clyburn initially became involved in politics during the 1969 Charleston Hospital Strike — a two-month movement that fought the unfair and unequal treatment of Black hospit...
Photo source Nancy Pelosiis a long-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives; she has been in office since 1987. Pelosi served as the 52nd Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. She was the first woman ever elected as Speaker and the first woman to lead a major political party in Congress. Pelosi got started i...
photo source: Politico Steny Hoyerhas been the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 5th congressional district since 1981. Hoyer has served as the House Majority Leader since 2019. Additionally, Hoyer is the Dean of the Maryland congressional delegation and the most senior Democrat in the House. Since 2003, Hoyer has been the second-ranking Democrat ...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons Maxine Watersis currently one of the most prominent Democratic politicians in either chamber of Congress. Waters is the most senior of the 12 black women in Congress and she is the Chair of House Financial Services Committee. The fifth of 13 children and raised by a single mother, Waters took an unconventional route ...
photo source: ABC News Hal Rogersis another long-serving congressman who is currently in his 80s. Rogers has represented Kentucky’s 5th congressional district since 1981. Before entering politics, Rogers worked as a lawyer, and in 1969, he became the Commonwealth Attorney of Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties. He held that position until he was electe...
photo source: New Jersey Glob Bill Pascrell has represented New Jersey’s 8th congressional district from January 1997 until the redistricting of January 2013; he is now the representative of the 9thdistrict. Pascrell was born and raised in New Jersey; his district even includes his hometown of Paterson. Before first entering politics in 1988, Pascr...
photo source: Times Grace Napolitano, unrelated to former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for California for over 20 years. Napolitano had worked for the Ford Motor Company for 21 years before retiring and starting a career in politics in 1992. That year, Napolitano was elected...
photo source: NPR Chuck Grassleyis one of the longest-serving members of Congress and has had an even longer political career. Grassley was a farmer and sheet metal shearer before he joined the Iowa Legislature in 1958. In 1974, Grassley was elected to the House of Representatives and served on the House until 1981. Since then, Grassley has been a ...
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick ...
Allan L. Damon. April 1976. Volume. 27. Issue. 3. Since 1789 the members of the Cabinet have been a major source of Presidential power. As advisers, official spokesmen, and administrative assistants to the nation’s Chief Executive they are the modern equivalent of those highly placed councillors Aristotle called “the many eyes and ears and ...
Peter O. Murphy: 1983-1986. Robert E. Lighthizer: 1984-1985. Michael A. Samuels: 1986-1989. M. Alan Woods: 1985-1987. Alan F. Holmer: 1987-1989. *Reappointed by President George H.W. Bush. Cabinet Members During the Reagan Administration. President Reagan and Vice President Bush pose with their Cabinet in 1981.
