| 100% | TAFT | 4 | Secretary of war under Theodore Roosevelt |
| 64% | ELIHUROOT | 9 | Theodore Roosevelt's first secretary of war |
| 57% | STIMSON | 7 | Secretary of war to Taft, Roosevelt and Truman |
| 55% | TAFT | 4 | President who was formerly Theodore Roosevelt's secretary of war |
| 47% | STIMSON | 7 | Secretary of War, 1940-45 |
| 46% | KNOX | 4 | First Secretary of War |
| 45% | KNOX | 4 | Henry ___, first secretary of war |
| 45% | KNOX | 4 | Washington's first secretary of war |
| 44% | BUTZ | 4 | Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon |
| 44% | HAIG | 4 | Secretary of State under Reagan |
| 44% | VANCE | 5 | Secretary of state under Carter |
| 44% | PENA | 4 | Secretary of energy under Clinton |
| 44% | SHULTZ | 6 | Secretary of State under Reagan |
| 43% | EATON | 5 | John H. ___, Jackson's first Secretary of War |
| 43% | STIMSON | 7 | Henry L. ___, secretary of war during W.W. II |
| 42% | ACHESON | 7 | Secretary of state during the Korean War |
| 42% | MONROE | 6 | Secretary of state during the War of 1812 |
| 41% | KNOX | 4 | Kentucky fort named after the first U.S. Secretary of War |
| 40% | ELIHU | 5 | ___ Root, U.S. secretary of war who received a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 39% | PROFUMO | 7 | John —, Secretary of State for War from 1960-63 |
| 38% | STANTON | 7 | Edwin M. ___, war secretary under Lincoln |
| 38% | ICKES | 5 | Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior |
| 38% | ETHEL | 5 | Daughter of Theodore Roosevelt |
| 38% | REX | 3 | Secretary of State Tillerson who served under President Trump for only 423 days |
| 37% | KITCHENER | 9 | Herbert —, British field marshal; Secretary of State for War from 1914-16 |
| 37% | ARNE | 4 | Duncan, the Secretary of Education under Obama |
| 37% | DALEY | 5 | William ___, secretary of commerce under Clinton |
| 37% | HAIG | 4 | Alexander ___, secretary of state under Reagan |
| 37% | CHU | 3 | Stephen ___, secretary of energy under Obama |
| 37% | CHU | 3 | Steven ___, secretary of energy under Obama |