List of living former members of the United States Cabinet
The following are a list of living former members of the United States Cabinet and a list of last surviving Cabinet members of each presidency. The first list charts all living former members of the United States cabinet and information regarding their tenure. The second list charts the last surviving former cabinet members of each presidency (up to the Nixon Administration), and information regarding their tenure.
In the political system established by the United States Constitution, the President is authorized to seek advice from the principal officers of the various departments while performing their official duties. A president's cabinet is composed of these principal officers.
Currently, the officials comprising the president's cabinet include the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security. It formerly also included the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Individuals who served in this capacity are listed here. Not listed are persons who served in positions considered to be of cabinet level but which are not part of the Cabinet, such as the Vice President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the United States Trade Representative.
Cabinet members from each of the nine most recent presidential administrations, since the presidency of Richard M. Nixon (1969–1974), are still living, including all former cabinet members from the administrations of Barack Obama (2009–2017) and Donald Trump (2017–2021). 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.
The earliest last surviving cabinet member of an administration to have died was Oliver Wolcott Jr., Secretary of the Treasury during the Washington administration (1789–1797), who died on June 1, 1833. The most recent, Ramsey Clark, Attorney General during the LBJ administration (1963–1969), was the last surviving cabinet member of the LBJ administration, who died on April 9, 2021.
The most recent death of a former cabinet member is Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense during the Ford and G. W. Bush (2001–2009) administrations. The most recently serving former cabinet member who has died is Samuel Bodman, Secretary of Energy through the end of the George W. Bush administration.
There is one former member of Richard Nixon's Cabinet still living.
There are four former members of Gerald Ford's Cabinet still living.
There are seven former members of Jimmy Carter's Cabinet still living.
There are 12 former members of Ronald Reagan's Cabinet still living.
There are 12 former members of George H. W. Bush's Cabinet still living.
There are 21 former members of Bill Clinton's Cabinet still living.
There are 31 former members of George W. Bush's Cabinet still living.
There are 32 former members of Barack Obama's Cabinet still living.
There are 24 former members of Donald Trump's Cabinet still living.
Living former Cabinet members
Administration | Name | Position | Tenure | Birthdate | Age |
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Richard Nixon | Henry Kissinger | Secretary of State | September 22, 1973 – August 9, 1974 | May 27, 1923 | 98 years, 96 days |
Gerald Ford | Carla Hills | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | March 10, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | January 3, 1934 | 87 years, 240 days |
Henry Kissinger | Secretary of State | August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 | May 27, 1923 | 98 years, 96 days | |
John Knebel | Secretary of Agriculture | November 4, 1976 – January 20, 1977 | October 4, 1936 | 84 years, 331 days | |
David Mathews | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | August 8, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | December 6, 1935 | 85 years, 268 days | |
Jimmy Carter | Michael Blumenthal | Secretary of the Treasury | January 23, 1977 – August 4, 1979 | January 3, 1926 | 95 years, 240 days |
Joseph Califano | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | January 25, 1977 – August 3, 1979 | May 15, 1931 | 90 years, 108 days | |
Benjamin Civiletti | Attorney General | August 16, 1979 – January 19, 1981 | July 17, 1935 | 86 years, 45 days | |
Charles Duncan | Secretary of Energy | August 24, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | September 9, 1926 | 94 years, 356 days | |
Neil Goldschmidt | Secretary of Transportation | August 15, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | June 16, 1940 | 81 years, 76 days | |
Moon Landrieu | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | September 24, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | July 23, 1930 | 91 years, 39 days | |
Ray Marshall | Secretary of Labor | January 27, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | August 22, 1928 | 93 years, 9 days | |
Ronald Reagan | James Baker | Secretary of the Treasury | February 4, 1985 – August 17, 1988 | April 28, 1930 | 91 years, 125 days |
William Bennett | Secretary of Education | February 6, 1985 – September 20, 1988 | July 31, 1943 | 78 years, 31 days | |
John Block | Secretary of Agriculture | January 23, 1981 – February 14, 1986 | February 15, 1935 | 86 years, 197 days | |
Nicholas Brady | Secretary of the Treasury | September 15, 1988 – January 20, 1989 | April 11, 1930 | 91 years, 142 days | |
James Burnley | Secretary of Transportation | December 2, 1987 – January 20, 1989 | July 30, 1948 | 73 years, 32 days | |
Lauro Cavazos | Secretary of Education | September 20, 1988 – January 20, 1989 | January 4, 1927 | 94 years, 239 days | |
Elizabeth Dole | Secretary of Transportation | February 7, 1983 – September 30, 1987 | July 29, 1936 | 85 years, 33 days | |
John Herrington | Secretary of Energy | February 7, 1985 – January 20, 1989 | May 31, 1939 | 82 years, 92 days | |
Donald Hodel | Secretary of Energy
Secretary of the Interior |
November 5, 1982 – February 7, 1985
February 8, 1985 – January 20, 1989 |
May 23, 1935 | 86 years, 100 days | |
Ann Korologos | Secretary of Labor | December 17, 1987 – January 20, 1989 | November 16, 1941 | 79 years, 288 days | |
Edwin Meese | Attorney General | February 25, 1985 – July 5, 1988 | December 2, 1931 | 89 years, 272 days | |
James Watt | Secretary of the Interior | January 23, 1981 – November 8, 1983 | January 31, 1938 | 83 years, 212 days | |
George H. W. Bush | Lamar Alexander | Secretary of Education | March 22, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | July 3, 1940 | 81 years, 59 days |
James Baker | Secretary of State | January 20, 1989 – August 23, 1992 | April 28, 1930 | 91 years, 125 days | |
William Barr | Attorney General | November 26, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | May 23, 1950 | 71 years, 100 days | |
Nicholas Brady | Secretary of the Treasury | January 20, 1989 – January 17, 1993 | April 11, 1930 | 91 years, 142 days | |
Andrew Card | Secretary of Transportation | February 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | May 10, 1947 | 74 years, 113 days | |
Lauro Cavazos | Secretary of Education | January 20, 1989 – December 12, 1990 | January 4, 1927 | 94 years, 239 days | |
Dick Cheney | Secretary of Defense | March 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | January 30, 1941 | 80 years, 213 days | |
Elizabeth Dole | Secretary of Labor | January 25, 1989 – November 23, 1990 | July 29, 1936 | 85 years, 33 days | |
Barbara Franklin | Secretary of Commerce | February 27, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | March 19, 1940 | 81 years, 165 days | |
Lynn Martin | Secretary of Labor | February 22, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | December 26, 1939 | 81 years, 248 days | |
Samuel Skinner | Secretary of Transportation | February 6, 1989 – December 15, 1991 | June 10, 1938 | 83 years, 82 days | |
Louis Sullivan | Secretary of Health and Human Services | March 1, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | November 3, 1933 | 87 years, 301 days | |
Bill Clinton | Madeleine Albright | Secretary of State | January 23, 1997 –January 20, 2001 | May 15, 1937 | 84 years, 108 days |
Bruce Babbitt | Secretary of the Interior | January 22, 1993 – January 2, 2001 | June 27, 1938 | 83 years, 65 days | |
Henry Cisneros | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 22, 1993 – January 19, 1997 | June 11, 1947 | 74 years, 81 days | |
William Cohen | Secretary of Defense | January 24, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | August 28, 1940 | 81 years, 3 days | |
Andrew Cuomo | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 29, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | December 6, 1957 | 63 years, 268 days | |
William Daley | Secretary of Commerce | January 30, 1997 – July 19, 2000 | August 8, 1948 | 73 years, 23 days | |
Mike Espy | Secretary of Agriculture | January 22, 1993 – December 31, 1994 | November 30, 1953 | 67 years, 274 days | |
Dan Glickman | Secretary of Agriculture | March 30, 1995 – January 19, 2001 | November 24, 1944 | 76 years, 280 days | |
Alexis Herman | Secretary of Labor | May 1, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | July 16, 1947 | 74 years, 75 days | |
Mickey Kantor | Secretary of Commerce | April 12, 1996 – January 21, 1997 | August 7, 1939 | 82 years, 24 days | |
Norman Mineta | Secretary of Commerce | July 20, 2000 – January 20, 2001 | November 12, 1931 | 89 years, 292 days | |
Hazel O'Leary | Secretary of Energy | January 22, 1993 – January 20, 1997 | May 17, 1937 | 84 years, 106 days | |
Federico Peña | Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy |
January 21, 1993 – February 14, 1997
March 12, 1997 – June 30, 1998 |
March 15, 1947 | 74 years, 169 days | |
William Perry | Secretary of Defense | February 3, 1994 – January 23, 1997 | October 11, 1927 | 93 years, 324 days | |
Robert Reich | Secretary of Labor | January 22, 1993 – January 10, 1997 | June 24, 1946 | 75 years, 68 days | |
Bill Richardson | Secretary of Energy | August 18, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | November 15, 1947 | 73 years, 289 days | |
Richard Riley | Secretary of Education | January 21, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | January 2, 1933 | 88 years, 241 days | |
Robert Rubin | Secretary of the Treasury | January 11, 1995 – July 2, 1999 | August 29, 1938 | 83 years, 2 days | |
Donna Shalala | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 22, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | February 14, 1941 | 80 years, 198 days | |
Rodney Slater | Secretary of Transportation | February 14, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | February 23, 1955 | 66 years, 189 days | |
Lawrence Summers | Secretary of the Treasury | July 2, 1999 – January 20, 2001 | November 30, 1954 | 66 years, 274 days | |
George W. Bush | Spencer Abraham | Secretary of Energy | January 20, 2001 – February 1, 2005 | June 12, 1952 | 69 years, 80 days |
John Ashcroft | Attorney General | February 2, 2001 – February 3, 2005 | May 9, 1942 | 79 years, 114 days | |
Elaine Chao | Secretary of Labor | January 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | March 26, 1953 | 68 years, 158 days | |
Michael Chertoff | Secretary of Homeland Security | February 15, 2005 – January 21, 2009 | November 28, 1953 | 67 years, 276 days | |
Donald Evans | Secretary of Commerce | January 20, 2001 – February 7, 2005 | July 27, 1946 | 75 years, 35 days | |
Robert Gates | Secretary of Defense | December 18, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | September 25, 1943 | 77 years, 340 days | |
Alberto Gonzales | Attorney General | February 3, 2005 – September 17, 2007 | August 4, 1955 | 66 years, 27 days | |
Carlos Gutierrez | Secretary of Commerce | February 7, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | November 4, 1953 | 67 years, 300 days | |
Alphonso Jackson | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | September 30, 2004 – April 18, 2008 | September 9, 1945 | 75 years, 356 days | |
Mike Johanns | Secretary of Agriculture | January 21, 2005 – September 20, 2007 | June 18, 1950 | 71 years, 74 days | |
Dirk Kempthorne | Secretary of the Interior | June 7, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | October 29, 1951 | 69 years, 306 days | |
Mike Leavitt | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | February 11, 1951 | 70 years, 201 days | |
Mel Martínez | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 24, 2001 – August 13, 2004 | October 23, 1946 | 74 years, 312 days | |
Norman Mineta | Secretary of Transportation | January 25, 2001 – July 7, 2006 | November 12, 1931 | 89 years, 292 days | |
Michael Mukasey | Attorney General | November 9, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | July 28, 1941 | 80 years, 34 days | |
Jim Nicholson | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | January 26, 2005 – October 1, 2007 | February 4, 1938 | 83 years, 208 days | |
Gale Norton | Secretary of the Interior | January 31, 2001 – March 31, 2006 | March 11, 1954 | 67 years, 173 days | |
Rod Paige | Secretary of Education | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 | June 17, 1933 | 88 years, 75 days | |
Henry Paulson | Secretary of the Treasury | July 3, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | March 28, 1946 | 75 years, 156 days | |
James Peake | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | December 20, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | June 18, 1944 | 77 years, 74 days | |
Mary Peters | Secretary of Transportation | October 17, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | December 4, 1948 | 72 years, 270 days | |
Colin Powell | Secretary of State | January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | April 5, 1937 | 84 years, 148 days | |
Steve Preston | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | June 5, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | August 4, 1960 | 61 years, 27 days | |
Anthony Principi | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | January 23, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | April 16, 1944 | 77 years, 137 days | |
Condoleezza Rice | Secretary of State | January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | November 14, 1954 | 66 years, 290 days | |
Tom Ridge | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 24, 2003 – February 1, 2005 | August 26, 1945 | 76 years, 5 days | |
Ed Schafer | Secretary of Agriculture | January 28, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | August 8, 1946 | 75 years, 23 days | |
John Snow | Secretary of the Treasury | February 3, 2003 – June 28, 2006 | August 2, 1939 | 82 years, 29 days | |
Margaret Spellings | Secretary of Education | January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | November 30, 1957 | 63 years, 274 days | |
Tommy Thompson | Secretary of Health and Human Services | February 2, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | November 19, 1941 | 79 years, 285 days | |
Ann Veneman | Secretary of Agriculture | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 | June 29, 1949 | 72 years, 63 days | |
Barack Obama | Sylvia Mathews Burwell | Secretary of Health and Human Services | June 9, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | June 23, 1965 | 56 years, 69 days |
John Bryson | Secretary of Commerce | October 21, 2011 – June 21, 2012 | July 24, 1943 | 78 years, 38 days | |
Julian Castro | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | July 28, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | September 16, 1974 | 46 years, 349 days | |
Ashton Carter | Secretary of Defense | February 17, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | September 24, 1954 | 66 years, 341 days | |
Steven Chu | Secretary of Energy | January 21, 2009 – April 22, 2013 | February 28, 1948 | 73 years, 184 days | |
Hillary Clinton | Secretary of State | January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013 | October 26, 1947 | 73 years, 309 days | |
Shaun Donovan | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 26, 2009 – July 28, 2014 | January 24, 1966 | 55 years, 219 days | |
Arne Duncan | Secretary of Education | January 21, 2009 – July 31, 2016 | November 6, 1964 | 56 years, 298 days | |
Anthony Foxx | Secretary of Transportation | July 2, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | April 30, 1971 | 50 years, 123 days | |
Robert Gates | Secretary of Defense | January 20, 2009 – June 30, 2011 | September 25, 1943 | 77 years, 340 days | |
Timothy Geithner | Secretary of the Treasury | January 26, 2009 – January 25, 2013 | August 18, 1961 | 60 years, 13 days | |
Chuck Hagel | Secretary of Defense | February 27, 2013 – February 17, 2015 | October 4, 1946 | 74 years, 331 days | |
Eric Holder | Attorney General | February 3, 2009 – April 27, 2015 | January 21, 1951 | 70 years, 222 days | |
Sally Jewell | Secretary of the Interior | April 12, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | February 21, 1956 | 65 years, 191 days | |
Jeh Johnson | Secretary of Homeland Security | December 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | September 11, 1957 | 63 years, 354 days | |
John Kerry | Secretary of State | February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | December 11, 1943 | 77 years, 263 days | |
John King Jr. | Secretary of Education | September 14, 2016 – January 20, 2017 | January 5, 1975 | 46 years, 238 days | |
Ray LaHood | Secretary of Transportation | January 23, 2009 – July 2, 2013 | December 6, 1945 | 75 years, 268 days | |
Jacob Lew | Secretary of the Treasury | February 28, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | August 29, 1955 | 66 years, 2 days | |
Gary Locke | Secretary of Commerce | March 26, 2009 – August 1, 2011 | January 21, 1950 | 71 years, 222 days | |
Loretta Lynch | Attorney General | April 27, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | May 21, 1959 | 62 years, 102 days | |
Robert A. McDonald | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | July 30, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | June 20, 1953 | 68 years, 72 days | |
Ernest Moniz | Secretary of Energy | May 21, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | December 22, 1944 | 76 years, 252 days | |
Janet Napolitano | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 21, 2009 – September 6, 2013 | November 29, 1957 | 63 years, 275 days | |
Leon Panetta | Secretary of Defense | July 1, 2011 – February 27, 2013 | June 28, 1938 | 83 years, 64 days | |
Thomas Perez | Secretary of Labor | July 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | October 7, 1961 | 59 years, 328 days | |
Penny Pritzker | Secretary of Commerce | June 26, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | May 2, 1959 | 62 years, 121 days | |
Ken Salazar | Secretary of the Interior | January 20, 2009 – April 12, 2013 | March 2, 1955 | 66 years, 182 days | |
Kathleen Sebelius | Secretary of Health and Human Services | April 28, 2009 – June 9, 2014 | May 15, 1948 | 73 years, 108 days | |
Eric Shinseki | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | January 21, 2009 – May 30, 2014 | November 28, 1942 | 78 years, 276 days | |
Hilda Solis | Secretary of Labor | February 24, 2009 – January 22, 2013 | October 20, 1957 | 63 years, 315 days | |
Tom Vilsack | Secretary of Agriculture | January 20, 2009 – January 13, 2017 | December 13, 1950 | 70 years, 261 days | |
Donald Trump | Alexander Acosta | Secretary of Labor | April 28, 2017 – July 19, 2019 | January 16, 1969 | 52 years, 227 days |
Alex Azar | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 29, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | June 17, 1967 | 54 years, 75 days | |
William Barr | Attorney General | February 14, 2019 – December 23, 2020 | May 23, 1950 | 71 years, 100 days | |
David Bernhardt | Secretary of the Interior | April 11, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | August 17, 1969 | 52 years, 14 days | |
Dan Brouillette | Secretary of Energy | December 4, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | August 18, 1962 | 59 years, 13 days | |
Ben Carson | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | March 2, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | September 18, 1951 | 69 years, 347 days | |
Elaine Chao | Secretary of Transportation | January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021 | March 26, 1953 | 68 years, 158 days | |
Betsy DeVos | Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 – January 8, 2021 | January 8, 1958 | 63 years, 235 days | |
Mark Esper | Secretary of Defense | July 23, 2019 – November 9, 2020 | April 26, 1964 | 57 years, 127 days | |
John F. Kelly | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 20, 2017 – July 31, 2017 | May 11, 1950 | 71 years, 112 days | |
Jim Mattis | Secretary of Defense | January 20, 2017 – December 31, 2018 | September 8, 1950 | 70 years, 357 days | |
Steven Mnuchin | Secretary of the Treasury | February 13, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | December 21, 1962 | 58 years, 253 days | |
Kirstjen Nielsen | Secretary of Homeland Security | December 6, 2017 – April 10, 2019 | May 14, 1972 | 49 years, 109 days | |
Sonny Perdue | Secretary of Agriculture | April 25, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | December 20, 1946 | 74 years, 254 days | |
Rick Perry | Secretary of Energy | March 2, 2017 – December 1, 2019 | March 4, 1950 | 71 years, 180 days | |
Mike Pompeo | Secretary of State | April 26, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | December 30, 1963 | 57 years, 244 days | |
Tom Price | Secretary of Health and Human Services | February 10, 2017 – September 29, 2017 | October 8, 1954 | 66 years, 327 days | |
Wilbur Ross | Secretary of Commerce | February 28, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | November 28, 1937 | 83 years, 276 days | |
Eugene Scalia | Secretary of Labor | September 30, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | August 14, 1963 | 58 years, 17 days | |
Jeff Sessions | Attorney General | February 9, 2017 – November 7, 2018 | December 24, 1946 | 74 years, 250 days | |
David Shulkin | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | February 14, 2017 – March 28, 2018 | July 22, 1959 | 62 years, 112 days | |
Rex Tillerson | Secretary of State | February 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 | March 23, 1952 | 69 years, 161 days | |
Robert Wilkie | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | July 30, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | August 2, 1962 | 59 years, 29 days | |
Ryan Zinke | Secretary of the Interior | March 1, 2017 – January 2, 2019 | November 1, 1961 | 59 years, 303 days |
Last surviving Cabinet members of each presidency
No. | Name | Position | Administration | Tenure | Post-administration timespan | Lifespan | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Died | Age | ||||||
1 | Oliver Wolcott Jr. | Secretary of the Treasury | Washington | February 3, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | 36 years, 89 days | January 11, 1760 | June 1, 1833 | 73 years, 141 days |
2 | John Marshall | Secretary of State | Adams | June 13, 1800 – March 4, 1801 | 34 years, 124 days | September 24, 1755 | July 6, 1835 | 79 years, 285 days |
3 | Albert Gallatin | Secretary of the Treasury | Jefferson | May 14, 1801 – March 4, 1809 | 40 years, 161 days | January 29, 1761 | August 12, 1849 | 88 years, 195 days |
4 | Richard Rush | Attorney General | Madison | February 10, 1814 – March 4, 1817 | 42 years, 148 days | August 29, 1780 | July 30, 1859 | 78 years, 335 days |
5 | Richard Rush | Secretary of State (Acting) | Monroe | March 10, 1817 – September 22, 1817 | 34 years, 148 days* | August 29, 1780* | July 30, 1859* | 78 years, 335 days* |
6 | Richard Rush | Secretary of the Treasury | Adams | March 7, 1825 – March 4, 1829 | 30 years, 148 days* | August 29, 1780* | July 30, 1859* | 78 years, 335 days* |
7 | Amos Kendall | Postmaster General | Jackson | May 1, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | 32 years, 253 days | August 16, 1789 | November 12, 1869 | 80 years, 88 days |
8 | Amos Kendall | Postmaster General* | Van Buren | March 4, 1837 – May 18, 1840 | 28 years, 253 days* | August 16, 1789* | November 12, 1869* | 80 years, 88 days* |
9 | Thomas Ewing | Secretary of the Treasury | Harrison | March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 | 30 years, 205 days | December 28, 1789 | October 26, 1871 | 81 years, 302 days |
10 | Thomas Ewing | Secretary of the Treasury* | Tyler | April 4, 1841 – September 11, 1841 | 26 years, 236 days* | December 28, 1789* | October 26, 1871* | 81 years, 302 days* |
11 | George Bancroft | Secretary of the Navy | Polk | March 11, 1845 – September 9, 1846 | 41 years, 319 days | October 3, 1800 | January 17, 1891 | 90 years, 106 days |
12 | Reverdy Johnson | Attorney General | Taylor | March 8, 1849 – July 9, 1850 | 25 years, 216 days | May 21, 1796 | February 10, 1876 | 79 years, 265 days |
13 | Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart | Secretary of the Interior | Fillmore | September 14, 1850 – March 4, 1853 | 37 years, 346 days | April 2, 1807 | February 13, 1891 | 83 years, 317 days |
14 | James Campbell | Postmaster General | Pierce | March 7, 1853 – March 4, 1857 | 35 years, 329 days | September 1, 1812 | January 27, 1893 | 80 years, 148 days |
15 | Horatio King | Postmaster General | Buchanan | February 12, 1861 – March 4, 1861 | 36 years, 82 days | June 21, 1811 | May 25, 1897 | 85 years, 338 days |
16 | Hugh McCulloch | Secretary of the Treasury | Lincoln | March 9, 1865 – April 15, 1865 | 30 years, 39 days | December 7, 1808 | May 24, 1895 | 86 years, 168 days |
17 | John Schofield | Secretary of War | Johnson | June 1, 1868 – March 4, 1869 | 37 years, 0 days | September 29, 1831 | March 4, 1906 | 74 years, 156 days |
18 | J. Donald Cameron | Secretary of War | Grant | May 22, 1876 – March 4, 1877 | 41 years, 179 days | May 14, 1833 | August 30, 1918 | 85 years, 108 days |
19 | Nathan Goff Jr. | Secretary of the Navy | Hayes | January 7, 1881 – March 4, 1881 | 39 years, 50 days | February 9, 1843 | April 23, 1920 | 77 years, 74 days |
20 | Robert Todd Lincoln | Secretary of War | Garfield | March 5, 1881 – September 19, 1881 | 44 years, 310 days | August 1, 1843 | July 26, 1926 | 82 years, 359 days |
21 | Robert Todd Lincoln | Secretary of War* | Arthur | September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 | 41 years, 144 days* | August 1, 1843* | July 26, 1926* | 82 years, 359 days* |
22 | Charles S. Fairchild | Secretary of the Treasury | Cleveland | April 1, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | 35 years, 265 days | April 30, 1842 | November 24, 1924 | 82 years, 208 days |
23 | John Wanamaker | Postmaster General | Harrison | March 5, 1889 – March 4, 1893 | 29 years, 283 days | July 11, 1838 | December 12, 1922 | 84 years, 154 days |
24 | M. Hoke Smith | Secretary of the Interior | Cleveland | March 6, 1893 – September 1, 1896 | 34 years, 268 days | September 2, 1855 | November 27, 1931 | 76 years, 86 days |
25 | Elihu Root | Secretary of War | McKinley | August 1, 1899 – September 14, 1901 | 35 years, 146 days | February 15, 1845 | February 7, 1937 | 91 years, 358 days |
26 | James R. Garfield | Secretary of the Interior | Roosevelt | March 5, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | 41 years, 20 days | October 17, 1865 | March 24, 1950 | 84 years, 158 days |
27 | Henry L. Stimson | Secretary of War | Taft | May 22, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | 37 years, 230 days | September 21, 1867 | October 20, 1950 | 83 years, 29 days |
28 | Bainbridge Colby | Secretary of State | Wilson | March 23, 1920 – March 4, 1921 | 29 years, 38 days | December 22, 1869 | April 11, 1950 | 80 years, 110 days |
29 | Herbert Hoover | Secretary of Commerce | Harding | March 5, 1921 – August 2, 1923 | 41 years, 79 days | August 10, 1874 | October 20, 1964 | 90 years, 71 days |
30 | Herbert Hoover | Secretary of Commerce* | Coolidge | August 2, 1923 – August 21, 1928 | 35 years, 230 days* | August 10, 1874* | October 20, 1964* | 90 years, 71 days* |
31 | Patrick J. Hurley | Secretary of War | Hoover | December 9, 1929 – March 4, 1933 | 30 years, 148 days | January 8, 1883 | July 30, 1963 | 80 years, 203 days |
32 | James Farley | Postmaster General | Roosevelt | March 4, 1933 – September 10, 1940 | 31 years, 58 days | May 30, 1888 | June 9, 1976 | 88 years, 10 days |
33 | Charles F. Brannan | Secretary of Agriculture | Truman | June 2, 1948 – January 20, 1953 | 39 years, 164 days | August 23, 1903 | July 2, 1992 | 88 years, 314 days |
34 | William P. Rogers | Attorney General | Eisenhower | October 23, 1957 – January 20, 1961 | 39 years, 348 days | June 23, 1913 | January 2, 2001 | 87 years, 193 days |
35 | W. Willard Wirtz | Secretary of Labor | Kennedy | September 25, 1962 – November 22, 1963 | 46 years, 153 days | March 14, 1912 | April 24, 2010 | 98 years, 41 days |
36 | Ramsey Clark | Attorney General | Johnson | March 10, 1967 – January 20, 1969
Acting: November 28, 1966 – March 10, 1967 |
52 years, 79 days | December 18, 1927 | April 9, 2021 | 93 years, 112 days |
37 | Henry Kissinger | Secretary of State | Nixon | September 22, 1973 – August 9, 1974 | 47 years, 22 days | May 27, 1923 | (living) | 98 years, 96 days |
- ^ Continued in the same capacity in the Ford Administration.
- ^ a b Department now named Health and Human Services.
- ^ Later served as Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush Administration.
- ^ a b Continued in the same capacity in the George H. W. Bush Administration.
- ^ Later served as Secretary of Labor in the George H. W. Bush Administration.
- ^ Later served as Attorney General in the Trump Administration.
- ^ Later served as Secretary of Transportation in the George W. Bush Administration.
- ^ Later served as Secretary of Transportation in the Trump Administration.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity in the Obama Administration.
- ^ Later serves as Secretary of Agriculture in the Biden Administration.
- ^ Italized names denotes cabinet members who have served in multiple presidencies.
- ^ The post-administration duration is determined starting on the date in which a president leaves office, disregarding if a cabinet member leaves before the end of the administration.
- ^ Asterisks denotes cabinet members who have served in multiple presidencies.
- ^ Asterisks denotes cabinet members who have served in multiple presidencies.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Adams Administration until December 31, 1800.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Madison Administration until February 8, 1814.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Monroe Administration until November 12, 1817
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Jackson Administration for 1 day (until March 5, 1829).
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Van Buren Administration until May 18, 1840.
- ^ Served as Secretary of the Interior during the Taylor and Fillmore Administrations (15 days) from March 8, 1849 to July 22, 1850.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Tyler Administration until September 11, 1841.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Fillmore Administration until July 21, 1850
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Pierce Administration for 3 days (until March 7, 1853).
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Lincoln Administration for 1 day (until March 5, 1861).
- ^ Served in the same capacity during the Arthur and Cleveland Administrations (3 days) from October 31, 1884 to March 7, 1885.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Johnson Administration until March 3, 1869
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Grant Administration for 9 days (until March 12, 1869).
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Arthur Administration.
- ^ First Cleveland Administration (1885 – 1889)
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Harrison Administration for 2 days (until March 6, 1893).
- ^ Smith was the last surviving member of the Second Cleveland Administration (1893 – 1897) and of both Cleveland Administrations.
- ^ Served as Secretary of State during the Roosevelt Administration from July 19, 1905 to January 27, 1909.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Theodore Roosevelt Administration until January 31, 1904.
- ^ Served as Secretary of State during the Hoover Administration from March 28, 1929 to March 4, 1933. Continued in the same capacity as Secretary of War during the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration from July 10, 1940 to September 21, 1945.
- ^ Later served as President of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Coolidge Administration until August 21, 1928.
- ^ Hurley, despite Hoover outliving him by a year, is considered to be the last surviving cabinet member of the Hoover Administration as the president is not formally considered part of the cabinet.
- ^ Served as Secretary of State during the Nixon Administration from January 22, 1969 to September 3, 1973.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Johnson Administration until January 20, 1969.
- ^ Continued in the same capacity during the Ford Administration from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977.