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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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Listed below are the names of individuals who came within a year of the achievement. William L. Marcy missed this distinction by 2 days, having served under President James K. Polk as Secretary of War (1845–1849), and under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan as their Secretary of State (1853–1857).
SecretaryDepartmentLength Of ServicePresidenciesAgriculture15 years, 364 daysMcKinley, T. Roosevelt, TaftInterior12 years, 346 daysF. Roosevelt, TrumanTreasury12 years, 270 daysJefferson, MadisonLabor12 years, 116 daysF. Roosevelt, TrumanThe 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.
Washington's Cabinet consisted of five members: himself, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.
- March 4, 1789, (234 years ago)
- Inferred (Opinion Clause)
- Advisory body to the president of the United States
- Joe Biden
Feb 7, 2021 · The death of George P. Schultz on Saturday leaves twelve living former cabinet secretaries who are over the age of 90– three of them from New Jersey. 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 ...
This is a list of people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest sitting or former members of the United States House of Representatives, followed by a list of the currently oldest living sitting or former representatives. Nonvoting delegates are included in italics.