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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.
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, TrumanLeaders are not included if no reliable secondary sources have confirmed that the leader is alive within the last 10 years. The oldest living former state leader is Guillermo Rodríguez of Ecuador at the age of 100 years, 188 days.
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The tradition of the Cabinet arose out of the debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention regarding whether the president would exercise executive authority solely or collaboratively with a cabinet of ministers or a privy council. As a result of the debates, the Constitution (ArticleII, Section1, Clause1) vests "all executive power" in the presid...
In 3 U.S.C. § 302with regard to delegation of authority by the president, it is provided that "nothing herein shall be deemed to require express authorization in any case in which such an official would be presumed in law to have acted by authority or direction of the president." This pertains directly to the heads of the executive departments as e...
The heads of the executive departments and all other federal agency heads are nominated by the president and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority (although before the use of the "nuclear option" during the 113th United States Congress, they could have been blocked by filibuster, requiring cloture to be inv...
The individuals listed below were nominated by President Joe Bidento form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted or are serving as acting department heads by his request, pending the confirmation of his nominees.
Department of War (1789–1947), headed by the secretary of war: renamed Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947.Department of the Navy (1798–1949), headed by the secretary of the Navy: became a military department within the Department of Defense.Post Office Department (1829–1971), headed by the postmaster general: reorganized as the United States Postal Service, an independent agency.National Military Establishment (1947–1949), headed by the secretary of Defense: created by the National Security Act of 1947and recreated as the Department of Defense in 1949.Secretary of Commerce and Labor: created in 1903 and renamed Secretary of Commerce in 1913 when its labor functions were transferred to the new secretary of labor.Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: created in 1953 and renamed Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979 when its education functions were transferred to the new secretary of education.Counselor to the President (1969–1977, 1981–1985, 1992–1993): A title used by high-ranking political advisers to the president of the United States and senior members of the Executive Office of the...Department of Industry and Commerce, proposed by Secretary of the Treasury William Windomin a speech given at a Chamber of Commerce dinner in May 1881.Department of Natural Resources, proposed by the Eisenhower administration, President Richard Nixon, the 1976 GOP national platform, and by Bill Daley(as a consolidation of the Departments of the I...Department of Peace, proposed by Founding Father Benjamin Rush in 1793, Senator Matthew Neely in the 1930s, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, 2020 and 2024 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, an...Department of Social Welfare, proposed by President Franklin D. Rooseveltin January 1937.Bennett, Anthony. The American President's Cabinet. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1996. ISBN 0-333-60691-4. A study of the U.S. Cabinet from Kennedy to Clinton.Grossman, Mark. Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet(Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO; three volumes, 2000; reprint, New York: Greyhouse Publishing; two volumes, 2010). A history of the Uni...Rudalevige, Andrew. "The President and the Cabinet", in Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System, 8th ed. (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006).- March 4, 1789, (234 years ago)
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Feb 7, 2021 · By David Wildstein, February 07 2021 3:09 pm. 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.
Sep 8, 2023 · Here’s a list of the oldest members of Congress: 1. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, 90 (retiring) 2. Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, 89. 3. Representative ...
Frank J. Guarini (D-NJ; born 1924), is the oldest living sitting or former member of the House of Representatives. 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.
