Living former members of the United States Cabinet

This is a list of living former members of the Cabinet of the United States, meaning living individuals who were confirmed by the Senate and served as 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, or Secretary of Homeland Security. This list also includes living individuals who held the former Cabinet positions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and Postmaster General.

This list does not include Cabinet-level positions, such as Vice President of the United States, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Trade Representative.

No Cabinet members of any presidential administration prior to the Lyndon Johnson Administration are still living. All former Cabinet members of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations are still living.

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.

Cabinet Members in the Lyndon Johnson Administration

There are currently three living former members of the Lyndon Johnson Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Ramsey Clark	Attorney General	March 10, 1967	January 20, 1969	December 18, 1927	88 years, 104 days
Marvin Watson	Postmaster General	April 26, 1968	January 20, 1969	June 6, 1924	91 years, 299 days	[1]
Alan Boyd	Secretary of Transportation	January 16, 1967	January 20, 1969	July 20, 1922	93 years, 255 days

Cabinet Members in the Richard Nixon Administration

There are currently five living former members of the Richard Nixon Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Henry Kissinger	Secretary of State	September 22, 1973	August 9, 1974	May 27, 1923	92 years, 309 days	[2]
George Shultz	Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Labor	June 12, 1972 January 22, 1969	May 8, 1974 July 1, 1970	December 13, 1920	95 years, 109 days	[3]
Melvin Laird	Secretary of Defense	January 22, 1969	January 29, 1973	September 1, 1922	93 years, 212 days
Peter Peterson	Secretary of Commerce	February 29, 1972	February 1, 1973	June 5, 1926	89 years, 300 days
Frederick Dent	Secretary of Commerce	February 2, 1973	August 9, 1974	August 17, 1922	93 years, 227 days	[2]

Cabinet Members in the Gerald Ford Administration

There are currently eight living former members of the Gerald Ford Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Henry Kissinger	Secretary of State	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	May 27, 1923	92 years, 309 days
Donald Rumsfeld	Secretary of Defense	November 20, 1975	January 20, 1977	July 9, 1932	83 years, 266 days	[4]
John Knebel	Secretary of Agriculture	November 4, 1976	January 20, 1977	October 4, 1936	79 years, 179 days
Frederick Dent	Secretary of Commerce	August 9, 1974	March 26, 1975	August 17, 1922	93 years, 227 days
William Usery	Secretary of Labor	February 10, 1976	January 20, 1977	December 21, 1923	92 years, 101 days
David Mathews	Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare	August 8, 1975	January 20, 1977	December 6, 1935	80 years, 116 days	[5]
Carla Hills	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	March 10, 1975	January 20, 1977	January 3, 1934	82 years, 88 days
William Coleman	Secretary of Transportation	March 7, 1975	January 20, 1977	July 7, 1920	95 years, 268 days

Cabinet Members in the Jimmy Carter Administration

There are currently ten living former members of the Jimmy Carter Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Michael Blumenthal	Secretary of the Treasury	January 23, 1977	August 4, 1979	January 3, 1926	90 years, 88 days
Harold Brown	Secretary of Defense	January 21, 1977	January 20, 1981	September 19, 1927	88 years, 194 days
Benjamin Civiletti	Attorney General	August 16, 1979	January 19, 1981	July 17, 1935	80 years, 258 days
Cecil Andrus	Secretary of the Interior	January 23, 1977	January 20, 1981	August 25, 1931	84 years, 219 days
Robert Bergland	Secretary of Agriculture	January 23, 1977	January 20, 1981	July 22, 1928	87 years, 253 days
Ray Marshall	Secretary of Labor	January 27, 1977	January 20, 1981	August 22, 1928	87 years, 222 days
Joseph Califano	Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare	January 25, 1977	August 3, 1979	May 15, 1931	84 years, 321 days	[5]
Moon Landrieu	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	September 24, 1979	January 20, 1981	July 23, 1930	85 years, 252 days
Neil Goldschmidt	Secretary of Transportation	August 15, 1979	January 20, 1981	June 16, 1940	75 years, 289 days
Charles Duncan	Secretary of Energy	August 24, 1979	January 20, 1981	September 9, 1926	89 years, 204 days

Cabinet Members in the Ronald Reagan Administration

There are currently eighteen living former members of the Ronald Reagan Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
George Shultz	Secretary of State	July 16, 1982	January 20, 1989	December 13, 1920	95 years, 109 days
James Baker	Secretary of the Treasury	February 4, 1985	August 17, 1988	April 28, 1930	85 years, 338 days	[6]
Nicholas Brady	Secretary of the Treasury	September 15, 1988	January 20, 1989	April 11, 1930	85 years, 355 days	[7]
Frank Carlucci	Secretary of Defense	November 23, 1987	January 20, 1989	October 18, 1930	85 years, 165 days
Edwin Meese	Attorney General	February 25, 1985	July 5, 1988	December 2, 1931	84 years, 120 days
Dick Thornburgh	Attorney General	August 15, 1988	January 20, 1989	July 16, 1932	83 years, 259 days	[7]
James Watt	Secretary of the Interior	January 23, 1981	November 8, 1983	January 31, 1938	78 years, 60 days
Donald Hodel	Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Energy	February 8, 1985 November 5, 1982	January 20, 1989 February 7, 1985	May 23, 1935	80 years, 313 days
John Block	Secretary of Agriculture	23 January 1981	14 February 1986	February 15, 1935	81 years, 45 days
Ray Donovan	Secretary of Labor	February 4, 1981	March 15, 1985	August 31, 1930	85 years, 213 days
Bill Brock	Secretary of Labor	April 29, 1985	October 31, 1987	November 23, 1930	85 years, 129 days
Ann Korologos	Secretary of Labor	December 17, 1987	January 20, 1989	November 16, 1941	74 years, 136 days
Margaret Heckler	Secretary of Health and Human Services	March 9, 1983	December 13, 1985	June 21, 1931	84 years, 284 days
Elizabeth Dole	Secretary of Transportation	February 7, 1983	September 30, 1987	July 29, 1936	79 years, 246 days	[8]
James Burnley	Secretary of Transportation	December 2, 1987	January 30, 1989	July 30, 1948	67 years, 245 days
John Herrington	Secretary of Energy	February 7, 1985	January 20, 1989	May 31, 1939	76 years, 305 days
William Bennett	Secretary of Education	February 6, 1985	September 20, 1988	July 31, 1943	72 years, 272 days
Lauro Cavazos	Secretary of Education	September 20, 1988	January 20, 1989	January 4, 1927	89 years, 87 days	[7]

Cabinet Members in the George H. W. Bush Administration

There are currently fifteen living former members of the George H. W. Bush Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
James Baker	Secretary of State	January 20, 1989	August 23, 1992	April 28, 1930	85 years, 338 days
Nicholas Brady	Secretary of the Treasury	January 20, 1989	January 17, 1993	April 11, 1930	85 years, 355 days
Dick Cheney	Secretary of Defense	March 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	January 30, 1941	75 years, 61 days
Dick Thornburgh	Attorney General	January 20, 1989	August 15, 1991	July 16, 1932	83 years, 259 days
William Barr	Attorney General	November 26, 1991	January 20, 1993	May 23, 1950	65 years, 313 days
Manuel Lujan	Secretary of the Interior	February 3, 1989	January 20, 1993	May 12, 1928	87 years, 324 days
Clayton Yeutter	Secretary of Agriculture	February 16, 1989	March 1, 1991	December 10, 1930	85 years, 112 days
Barbara Franklin	Secretary of Commerce	February 27, 1992	January 20, 1993	March 19, 1940	76 years, 12 days
Elizabeth Dole	Secretary of Labor	January 25, 1989	November 23, 1990	July 29, 1936	79 years, 246 days
Lynn Martin	Secretary of Labor	February 22, 1991	January 20, 1993	December 26, 1939	76 years, 96 days
Louis Sullivan	Secretary of Health and Human Services	March 1, 1989	January 20, 1993	November 3, 1933	82 years, 149 days
Samuel Skinner	Secretary of Transportation	February 6, 1989	December 15, 1991	June 10, 1938	77 years, 295 days
Andrew Card	Secretary of Transportation	February 24, 1992	January 20, 1993	May 10, 1947	68 years, 326 days
Lauro Cavazos	Secretary of Education	January 20, 1989	December 12, 1990	January 4, 1927	89 years, 87 days
Lamar Alexander	Secretary of Education	March 22, 1991	January 20, 1993	July 3, 1940	75 years, 272 days

Cabinet Members in the Bill Clinton Administration

There are currently twenty-three living former members of the Bill Clinton Cabinet.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Madeleine Albright	Secretary of State	January 23, 1997	January 20, 2001	May 15, 1937	78 years, 321 days
Robert Rubin	Secretary of the Treasury	January 11, 1995	July 2, 1999	August 29, 1938	77 years, 215 days
Lawrence Summers	Secretary of the Treasury	July 2, 1999	January 20, 2001	November 30, 1954	61 years, 122 days
William Perry	Secretary of Defense	February 3, 1994	January 23, 1997	October 11, 1927	88 years, 172 days
William Cohen	Secretary of Defense	January 24, 1997	January 20, 2001	August 28, 1940	75 years, 216 days
Janet Reno	Attorney General	March 11, 1993	January 20, 2001	July 21, 1938	77 years, 254 days
Bruce Babbitt	Secretary of the Interior	January 22, 1993	January 2, 2001	June 27, 1938	77 years, 278 days
Mike Espy	Secretary of Agriculture	January 22, 1993	December 31, 1994	November 30, 1953	62 years, 122 days
Dan Glickman	Secretary of Agriculture	March 30, 1995	January 19, 2001	November 24, 1944	71 years, 128 days
Mickey Kantor	Secretary of Commerce	April 12, 1996	January 21, 1997	August 7, 1939	76 years, 237 days
William Daley	Secretary of Commerce	January 30, 1997	July 19, 2000	August 8, 1948	67 years, 236 days
Norman Mineta	Secretary of Commerce	July 20, 2000	January 20, 2001	November 12, 1931	84 years, 140 days	[9]
Robert Reich	Secretary of Labor	January 22, 1993	January 10, 1997	June 24, 1946	69 years, 281 days
Alexis Herman	Secretary of Labor	May 1, 1997	January 20, 2001	July 16, 1947	68 years, 288 days
Donna Shalala	Secretary of Health and Human Services	January 22, 1993	January 20, 2001	February 14, 1941	75 years, 46 days
Henry Cisneros	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	January 22, 1993	January 19, 1997	June 11, 1947	68 years, 294 days
Andrew Cuomo	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	January 29, 1997	January 20, 2001	December 6, 1957	58 years, 116 days
Federico Peña	Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy	January 21, 1993 March 12, 1997	February 14, 1997 June 30, 1998	March 15, 1947	69 years, 16 days
Rodney Slater	Secretary of Transportation	February 14, 1997	January 20, 2001	February 23, 1955	61 years, 37 days
Hazel O'Leary	Secretary of Energy	January 22, 1993	January 20, 1997	May 17, 1937	78 years, 319 days
Bill Richardson	Secretary of Energy	August 18, 1998	January 20, 2001	November 15, 1947	68 years, 137 days
Richard Riley	Secretary of Education	January 21, 1993	January 20, 2001	January 2, 1933	83 years, 89 days
Togo West	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	May 5, 1998	July 10, 2000	June 21, 1942	73 years, 284 days

Cabinet Members in the George W. Bush Administration

There are currently thirty-four living former members of the George W. Bush Cabinet. All former cabinet members who served in the George W. Bush administration are still living.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Colin Powell	Secretary of State	January 20, 2001	January 26, 2005	April 5, 1937	78 years, 361 days
Condoleezza Rice	Secretary of State	January 26, 2005	January 20, 2009	November 14, 1954	61 years, 138 days
Paul O'Neill	Secretary of the Treasury	January 20, 2001	December 31, 2002	December 4, 1935	80 years, 118 days
John Snow	Secretary of the Treasury	February 3, 2003	June 28, 2006	August 2, 1939	76 years, 242 days
Henry Paulson	Secretary of the Treasury	July 3, 2006	January 20, 2009	March 28, 1946	70 years, 3 days
Donald Rumsfeld	Secretary of Defense	January 20, 2001	December 18, 2006	July 9, 1932	83 years, 266 days
Robert Gates	Secretary of Defense	December 18, 2006	January 20, 2009	September 25, 1943	72 years, 188 days	[10]
John Ashcroft	Attorney General	February 2, 2001	February 3, 2005	May 9, 1942	73 years, 327 days
Alberto Gonzales	Attorney General	February 3, 2005	September 17, 2007	August 4, 1955	60 years, 240 days
Michael Mukasey	Attorney General	November 9, 2007	January 20, 2009	July 28, 1941	74 years, 247 days
Gale Norton	Secretary of the Interior	January 31, 2001	March 31, 2006	March 11, 1954	62 years, 20 days
Dirk Kempthorne	Secretary of the Interior	June 7, 2006	January 20, 2009	October 29, 1951	64 years, 154 days
Ann Veneman	Secretary of Agriculture	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2005	June 29, 1949	66 years, 276 days
Mike Johanns	Secretary of Agriculture	January 21, 2005	September 20, 2007	June 18, 1950	65 years, 287 days
Ed Schafer	Secretary of Agriculture	January 28, 2008	January 20, 2009	August 8, 1946	69 years, 236 days
Donald Evans	Secretary of Commerce	January 20, 2001	February 7, 2005	July 27, 1946	69 years, 248 days
Carlos Gutierrez	Secretary of Commerce	February 7, 2005	January 20, 2009	November 4, 1953	62 years, 148 days
Elaine Chao	Secretary of Labor	January 29, 2001	January 20, 2009	March 26, 1953	63 years, 5 days
Tommy Thompson	Secretary of Health and Human Services	February 2, 2001	January 26, 2005	November 19, 1941	74 years, 133 days
Mike Leavitt	Secretary of Health and Human Services	January 26, 2005	January 20, 2009	February 11, 1951	65 years, 49 days
Mel Martinez	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	January 24, 2001	December 13, 2003	October 23, 1946	69 years, 160 days
Alphonso Jackson	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	March 31, 2004	April 18, 2008	September 9, 1945	70 years, 204 days
Steve Preston	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	June 5, 2008	January 20, 2009	August 4, 1960	55 years, 240 days
Norman Mineta	Secretary of Transportation	January 25, 2001	July 7, 2006	November 12, 1931	84 years, 140 days
Mary Peters	Secretary of Transportation	October 17, 2006	January 20, 2009	December 4, 1948	67 years, 118 days
Spencer Abraham	Secretary of Energy	January 20, 2001	February 1, 2005	June 12, 1952	63 years, 293 days
Samuel Bodman	Secretary of Energy	January 31, 2005	January 20, 2009	November 26, 1938	77 years, 126 days
Rod Paige	Secretary of Education	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2005	June 17, 1933	82 years, 288 days
Margaret Spellings	Secretary of Education	January 20, 2005	January 20, 2009	November 30, 1957	58 years, 122 days
Anthony Principi	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	January 23, 2001	January 26, 2005	April 16, 1944	71 years, 350 days
Jim Nicholson	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	January 26, 2005	October 1, 2007	February 4, 1938	78 years, 56 days
James Peake	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	December 20, 2007	January 20, 2009	June 18, 1944	71 years, 287 days
Tom Ridge	Secretary of Homeland Security	January 24, 2003	February 1, 2005	August 26, 1945	70 years, 218 days
Michael Chertoff	Secretary of Homeland Security	February 15, 2005	January 21, 2009	November 28, 1953	62 years, 124 days

Cabinet Members in the Barack Obama Administration

There are currently sixteen living former members of the Barack Obama Cabinet. All former cabinet members who served in the Barack Obama administration are still living.

Name	Position	Joined Administration	Left Administration	Birthdate	Age	Notes
Hillary Clinton	Secretary of State	January 21, 2009	February 1, 2013	October 26, 1947	68 years, 157 days
Timothy Geithner	Secretary of the Treasury	January 26, 2009	January 25, 2013	August 18, 1961	54 years, 226 days
Robert Gates	Secretary of Defense	January 20, 2009	June 30, 2011	September 25, 1943	72 years, 188 days
Leon Panetta	Secretary of Defense	July 1, 2011	February 27, 2013	June 28, 1938	77 years, 277 days
Chuck Hagel	Secretary of Defense	February 27, 2013	February 17, 2015	October 4, 1946	69 years, 179 days
Eric Holder	Attorney General	February 3, 2009	April 27, 2015	January 21, 1951	65 years, 70 days
Ken Salazar	Secretary of the Interior	January 20, 2009	April 12, 2013	March 2, 1955	61 years, 29 days
Gary Locke	Secretary of Commerce	March 26, 2009	August 1, 2011	January 21, 1950	66 years, 70 days
John Bryson	Secretary of Commerce	October 21, 2011	June 21, 2012	July 24, 1943	72 years, 251 days
Hilda Solis	Secretary of Labor	February 24, 2009	January 22, 2013	October 20, 1957	58 years, 163 days
Kathleen Sebelius	Secretary of Health and Human Services	April 28, 2009	June 9, 2014	May 15, 1948	67 years, 321 days
Shaun Donovan	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	January 26, 2009	July 28, 2014	January 24, 1966	50 years, 67 days
Ray LaHood	Secretary of Transportation	January 23, 2009	July 2, 2013	December 6, 1945	70 years, 116 days
Steven Chu	Secretary of Energy	January 21, 2009	April 22, 2013	February 28, 1948	68 years, 32 days
Eric Shinseki	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	January 21, 2009	May 30, 2014	November 28, 1942	73 years, 124 days
Janet Napolitano	Secretary of Homeland Security	January 21, 2009	September 6, 2013	November 29, 1957	58 years, 123 days

Notes

1. Watson is the last living former Postmaster General to serve as a Cabinet member. Postmasters General serving after 1971 are not considered members of the Cabinet.
2. Stayed on in the Ford Administration after President Nixon resigned.
3. Shultz later served as Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration.
4. Rumsfeld later served as Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration.
5. Mathews and Califano are the last two living former Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1979, the position was renamed Secretary of Health and Human Services.
6. Baker later served as Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush Administration.
7. Stayed on in the George H. W. Bush Administration after President Reagan's retirement.
8. Dole later served as Secretary of Labor in the George H. W. Bush Administration.
9. Mineta later served as Secretary of Transportation in the George W. Bush Administration.
10. Stayed on in the Obama Administration after President George W. Bush's retirement.