who is the oldest person to live in the united states?
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As of Nov. 25, 2006 \n(TN)  Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden Aug. 15, 1890  116*  \n(NC) U.S. (CT) Emma Tillman Nov. 22, 1892  114* 5 \n(MS) U.S. (MS) Moses Hardy [**] Jan. 6, 1893  113* 7 U.S. (IN)  (IN) Edna Parker Apr. 20, 1893  113* \n(NE) U.S. (NE) Helen Stetter Nov. 18, 1893  113* 10 U.S. (IN)  (IN) Bertha Fry Dec. 1, 1893  112* \n(TX) U.S. (TX) Arbella Ewing Mar. 13, 1894  112* \n(GA) U.S. (CA) Gertrude Baines Apr.  6, 1894  112*   \n(SC) U.S. (SC) Leila Backman Shull Oct. 16, 1894  112*\n(MA) U.S. (MA) Kathryn Gemme Nov. 9, 1894  112*
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Apparently, sleeping less is one great way to increase your longevity... (see source)\n\nI don't agree with the comment regarding living in a 'First World Nation'. Currently, 1 out of every 6 children in the United States is obese. Maybe he meant "don't live in Texas".
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In the United States there is a higher longevity for women than men.  Usually in the 70's.  But I have worked in a nursing home or 4 and some of the ladies there outlived their husbands by about 30 years or so. The eldest I ever worked with was 105.
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The answer is 98-year-old Billy Werber, who had short stints with the Yankees in 1930 and 1933.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_Major_League_Baseball_players\n\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/w/werbebi01.shtml\n\nHe's one year younger than Rollie Stiles and Ray Berres, the two oldest living former major-leaguers.
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Strom was a Senator.\n\nRalph Hall of Texas is currently the oldest Rep at age 82.\n\nGood question, I'm stumped.\n\n-----------\nApparently my research took to long\nSidney Yates was the oldest to serve and Claude Pepper was the oldest elected.
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It is thought that John D. Rockefeller is the richest man that ever lived (adjusted for inflation).  He paid for the creation of Rockefeller center in New York and started the University of Chicago with its initial endowment.  It would be very difficult to find someone richer than him from the eras before modern accounting.
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A difficult question to ask.  Generally, the American Indian, or Native American, would be the most likely candidate.  However, their ancestors arrived here via the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska not once, but three times.\nNow scientists speculate, and with some evidence, that early Europeans arrived here across the icefields of the Atlantic Ocean during the last major ice age, about 10,000 years ago.\nSo who is truly American?  Whoever is born here, I guess.
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How about a more informative answer?\n\nFrom Wikipedia:\n\n\n\n\nHomo sapiens live on average 37 years in Zambia and on average 81 years in Japan. The oldest confirmed recorded age for any human is 122 years, though some people are reported to have lived longer. The following information is derived from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1961:\n\nHumans by Era, Average Lifespan (in years)\n\n    * Neanderthal, 20\n    * Neolithic, 20\n    * Classical Greece, 28\n    * Classical Rome, 28\n    * Medieval England, 33\n    * End of 19th Century, 37\n    * Early 20th Century, 50\n    * Circa 1940, 65\n    * Current (in the Western world), 77-81\n\n\nCheck out the wiki article if you want more info.\n\nHope this helps! =)
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Here you go: http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=americanhistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliveness.com%2Fkangaroo%2FTimeline.htm
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He'll be 67 on August 12
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I can't find anything on Mississippi, only US National.\n\n"Currently, the oldest  living female twins in the US (and perhaps the world) may be  Gertrude Blasingame and  Pearl Due of Arkansas, who turned 100 in 1999 and were born July 27, 1899. We have heard of  Mary and  Marian Lamb of the US born in 1895, who were at one time listed as the US's oldest set, but have no further information on them. Twins  Treva Pence and  Mabel Harpine of Maryland turned 99 on July 19, 2000, they were born in 1900.  Isabelle Ferguson Lettinger and  Charlotte Ford born July 30, 1904 in Pennsylvania, turned 95 in 1999. The oldest living male twins we can identify are  Lee and  Sam DeSpain who celebrated their 98th birthday January 13, 2000 and who currently reside in Kentucky."\n\nPerhaps you can contact the people at the website below (which is where the quote comes from) who seem to track this sort of information, and maybe they can help you.
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Shock from having being declared the oldest living human in written history.
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On Oct. 11, 2001 Ronald Reagan became the longest-lived president by surviving to his 33,120th day.
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Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan.  He died in 1986 at 120 years, 237 days, making him the oldest man ever on record.  As to the lunatic who posted before me, I don't really think that Izumi's existence is in doubt.  I also don't see how not believing in this japanese guy would make one a heathen, unless there is some religion based around this guy.  I think the more likely explanation is that you are a psycho who got a little overworked about something.  Lay off the crack, man!
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an American is a U.S. citizen regardless of heritage
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Benjamin Franklin was the oldest at 70.\n\nI believe Leaves of Grass took longer to write...was 37 years.
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George washington.\nThere would be no America without him.