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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.
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.
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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 ...
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.
This list of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service includes representatives and senators who have served for at least 36 years, in the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, or both. In cases where there is a tie in time, the following criteria will sort people higher:
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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]
