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Walter Breuning, April 8, 2010, the oldest American-born man on record

This is a list of supercentenarians from the United States. According to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), there have been over 500 verified American supercentenarians (people from the United States who have attained the age of 110 or more).[1] As of December 28, 2024, the GRG lists 17 verified living supercentenarians.[2] The GRG lists people as living supercentenarians if their age has been "validated" and they have been confirmed to be alive within the past year.[2] In addition, 24 Americans listed are considered "pending" and 17 "unverified." The oldest living verified supercentenarian from the United States is Jeralean Talley, aged 125 years, 219 days.[2] The oldest person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, who died on December 30, 1999, at age 119 years 97 days.[3][4][5][6]

Living American supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from the United States. Those entries color-coded as verified have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Those color-coded as pending are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as unverified have submitted no documents to support the claimed age. All but four verified, pending, and unverified supercentenarians listed below are women.

  Verified   Pending   Unverified

Rank Name Sex Race Reported birth date Reported age as of December 28, 2024 Place of birth Place of residence
1 Jeralean Talley[2] F B May 23, 1899 125 years, 219 days Georgia Michigan
2 Susannah Mushatt Jones[2] F B July 6, 1899 125 years, 175 days Alabama New York
3 Bernice Madigan[2] F W July 24, 1899 125 years, 157 days Massachusetts Massachusetts
4 Soledad Mexia[2] F H August 13, 1899 125 years, 137 days Mexico California
5 Naomi Conner[2] F B August 30, 1899 125 years, 120 days Texas Texas
6 Anna Henderson[2] F B March 5, 1900 124 years, 298 days Georgia Pennsylvania
7 Antonia Gerena Rivera[2] F H May 19, 1900 124 years, 223 days Puerto Rico Florida
Blanche Cobb[7] F B September 8, 1900 124 years, 111 days Georgia Florida
8 Anna Stoehr[2] F W October 15, 1900 124 years, 74 days Iowa Minnesota
Mary Will[7] F W October 15, 1900 124 years, 74 days North Carolina North Carolina
9 Goldie Steinberg[2] F W October 30, 1900 124 years, 59 days Moldova[a] New York
Ora Holland[7] F W December 24, 1900 124 years, 4 days Missouri Oklahoma
10 Opal Thompson[2] F W January 13, 1901 123 years, 350 days Oklahoma California
11 Marietta Capizzi[2] F W January 30, 1901 123 years, 333 days Italy New York
12 Dominga Velasco[2] F W May 12, 1901 123 years, 230 days Mexico California
13 Edna Bowman[2] F W June 3, 1901 123 years, 208 days Maine North Carolina
Salustiano Sanchez[7] M W June 8, 1901 123 years, 203 days Spain New York
14 Ruby Clawson[2] F W July 15, 1901 123 years, 166 days Arkansas California
Ruth Newman[7] F W September 23, 1901 123 years, 96 days California California
15 Emma Otis[2] F W October 22, 1901 123 years, 67 days Washington Washington
Esther Ecklund[7] F W October 28, 1901 123 years, 61 days Sweden California
Ardlean Butler[8] F B January 18, 1902 122 years, 345 days Texas California
Alda Collins[7] F W July 26, 1902 122 years, 155 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Goldie Michelson[9] F W August 8, 1902 122 years, 142 days Russia[b] Massachusetts
Helene Byrne[10] F W September 12, 1902 122 years, 107 days Idaho Idaho
16 Helen Wheat[2] F W September 16, 1902 122 years, 103 days Pennsylvania Maryland
Carrie Bell Rogers[11] F B September 29, 1902 122 years, 90 days South Carolina North Carolina
17 Ida Schlesinger[2] F W November 7, 1902 122 years, 51 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Myrtle Clifton[7] F W November 19, 1902 122 years, 39 days Delaware Delaware
Janet Davis[12] F W December 7, 1902 122 years, 21 days Indiana Indiana
Adele Dunlap[7] F W December 12, 1902 122 years, 16 days New Jersey New Jersey
Irene Ciuffoletti[13] F W January 19, 1903 121 years, 344 days Italy Pennsylvania
Wash Wesley[7] M B January 21, 1903 121 years, 342 days Louisiana Illinois
Vincenza Balassone-Colucci[7] F W January 24, 1903 121 years, 339 days Italy New York
Marie Buckner[14] F B February 3, 1903 121 years, 329 days ? District of Columbia
Alexander Imich[7] M W February 4, 1903 121 years, 328 days Poland[c] New York
Helen Lettinga[7] F W February 6, 1903 121 years, 326 days Michigan Michigan
Florence McKoy[7] F B February 23, 1903 121 years, 309 days North Carolina North Carolina
Verna Webber[7] F W February 27, 1903 121 years, 305 days Iowa Iowa
Elizabeth Delaney[7] F W March 12, 1903 121 years, 291 days Pennsylvania Florida
Mabel Wilson[7] F B March 18, 1903 121 years, 285 days Pennsylvania New Jersey
Emma Scott F B March 23, 1903 121 years, 280 days Mississippi Michigan
Jennie Pattist[15] F W March 24, 1903 121 years, 279 days New York New York
Mayree Dougherty[7] F W March 31, 1903 121 years, 272 days Minnesota Colorado
Linnie Thuesen[7] F W April 11, 1903 121 years, 261 days Texas Texas
Huang Zhang Jiao Xia F O April 12, 1903 121 years, 260 days Taiwan California
Goldie Miller[16] F W April 25, 1903 121 years, 247 days ? Maryland
Lela Burden[7] F B May 7, 1903 121 years, 235 days Virginia Virginia
Selma Gaetz[7] F W May 12, 1903 121 years, 230 days Canada California
Lillian Cardullo F W May 20, 1903 121 years, 222 days Rhode Island Rhode Island
Cloa Elizabeth Gragg F W June 1, 1903 121 years, 210 days Tennessee Tennessee
Meta Dishman F B June 1, 1903 121 years, 210 days Virginia Virginia
Alberta Bilodeau[7] F W June 5, 1903 121 years, 206 days Massachusetts Massachusetts
Ruth Stethem[7] F W June 14, 1903 121 years, 197 days Ohio Ohio
Sina Hayes F W June 27, 1903 121 years, 184 days North Carolina North Carolina
Arrelia High[7] F B July 2, 1903 121 years, 179 days North Carolina North Carolina
Anna Edwards F B July 2, 1903 121 years, 179 days North Carolina Pennsylvania
Ethan Shelton M W July 10, 1903 121 years, 171 days Alabama Michigan

a^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is presently located in Moldova.
b^ Michelson was born in the then Russia Empire; it is now Russia.
c^ Imich was born in Częstochowa, which was then a part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.

American emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Race Birth date Reported age as of December 28, 2024 State of birth Country of residence
1 Merle Barwis[2] F W December 23, 1900 124 years, 5 days Iowa Canada
2 Marie-Josephine Gaudette[2] F W March 25, 1902 122 years, 278 days New Hampshire Italy

American supercentenarians over 112-years-old

There have been 211 verified supercentenarians from the United States that have reached the age of 112 or more. Those entries listed as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those indicated as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not, the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those shown as 'disputed' are not backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG. As of December 28, 2024, of the 27[17] verified living supercentenarians who have reached the age of 112+ in the world, 14 are residing in the United States.

  Deceased (verified)   Living (verified)   Pending

Rank Name Sex Race Reported birth date Reported death date Reported age Place of birth Place of death
1 Sarah Knauss[1] F W September 24, 1880 December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
2 Lucy Hannah[1] F B July 16, 1875 March 21, 1993 117 years, 248 days Alabama Michigan
3 Elizabeth Bolden[1] F B August 15, 1890 December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days Tennessee Tennessee
4 Besse Cooper[18] F W August 26, 1896 December 4, 2012 116 years, 100 days Tennessee Georgia
5 Maggie Barnes[1] F B March 6, 1882 January 19, 1998 115 years, 319 days North Carolina North Carolina
6 Dina Manfredini[18] F W April 4, 1897 December 17, 2012 115 years, 257 days Italy Iowa
7 Christian Mortensen[1] M W August 16, 1882 April 25, 1998 115 years, 252 days Denmark California
8 Edna Parker[19] F W April 20, 1893 November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days Indiana Indiana
9 Margaret Skeete[1] F W October 27, 1878 May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days Texas Virginia
10 Gertrude Baines[20] F B April 6, 1894 September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days Georgia California
11 Bettie Wilson[1] F B September 13, 1890 February 13, 2006 115 years, 153 days Mississippi Mississippi
12 Susie Gibson[1] F W October 31, 1890 February 16, 2006 115 years, 108 days Mississippi Alabama
13 Augusta Holtz[7] F W August 3, 1871 October 21, 1986 115 years, 79 days Prussia[a] Missouri
14 Maude Farris-Luse[1] F W January 21, 1887 March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days Michigan Michigan
15 Mary Bidwell[1] F W May 19, 1881 April 25, 1996 114 years, 342 days Connecticut Connecticut
16 Mary Josephine Ray[21] F W May 17, 1895 March 7, 2010 114 years, 294 days Canada New Hampshire
17 Neva Morris[21] F W August 3, 1895 April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days Iowa Iowa
18 Carrie Lazenby[1] F B February 9, 1882 September 14, 1996 114 years, 218 days Georgia Illinois
19 Myrtle Dorsey[1] F W November 22, 1885 June 25, 2000 114 years, 216 days Ohio Ohio
20 Walter Breuning[22] M W September 21, 1896 April 14, 2011 114 years, 205 days Minnesota Montana
21 Eunice Sanborn[22] F W July 20, 1896 January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days Louisiana Texas
22 Grace Clawson[1] F W November 15, 1887 May 28, 2002 114 years, 194 days United Kingdom New York
23 Adelina Domingues[1] F W February 19, 1888 August 21, 2002 114 years, 183 days Cape Verde California
Wilhelmina Kott[1] F W March 7, 1880 September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days Illinois Illinois
25 Charlotte Benkner[1] F W November 26, 1889 May 14, 2004 114 years, 180 days Germany Ohio
26 Ettie Mae Greene[1] F W September 8, 1877 February 26, 1992 114 years, 171 days West Virginia West Virginia
27 Irene Frank[1] F W October 1, 1881 February 28, 1996 114 years, 150 days Texas Missouri
28 Olivia Patricia Thomas[20] F W June 29, 1895 November 16, 2009 114 years, 140 days Iowa New York
29 Emma Verona Johnston[1] F W August 6, 1890 December 1, 2004 114 years, 117 days Iowa Ohio
Mamie Rearden F B September 7, 1898 January 2, 2013 114 years, 117 days South Carolina South Carolina
31 Bettie Chatmon[1] F B April 30, 1884 August 16, 1998 114 years, 108 days Louisiana Texas
32 Odie Matthews[1] F W December 28, 1878 April 14, 1993 114 years, 107 days Texas Arizona
33 Florence Knapp[1] F W October 10, 1873 January 11, 1988 114 years, 93 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Elena Slough[1] F W July 4, 1889 October 5, 2003 114 years, 93 days Pennsylvania New Jersey
35 Mary Anna Boone[1] F W February 10, 1887 May 13, 2001 114 years, 92 days Kentucky Kentucky
36 Delma Kollar[18] F W October 31, 1897 January 24, 2012 114 years, 85 days Kansas Oregon
37 Maggie Renfro[21] F B November 14, 1895 January 22, 2010 114 years, 69 days Louisiana Louisiana
38 Emma Tillman[1] F B November 22, 1892 January 28, 2007 114 years, 67 days North Carolina Connecticut
39 Jeralean Talley[2] F B May 23, 1899 Living 125 years, 219 days Georgia Living in Michigan
40 Leila Denmark[18] F W February 1, 1898 April 1, 2012 114 years, 60 days Georgia Georgia
41 Susannah Mushatt Jones[2] F B July 6, 1899 Living 125 years, 175 days Alabama Living in New York
42 Grace Thaxton[1] F W June 18, 1891 July 6, 2005 114 years, 18 days New York Kentucky
43 Minnie Ward[1] F B November 19, 1885 December 2, 1999 114 years, 13 days Tennessee Massachusetts
44 Arbella Ewing[19] F B March 13, 1894 March 22, 2008 114 years, 9 days Texas Texas
45 Catherine Hagel[19] F W November 28, 1894 December 6, 2008 114 years, 8 days Minnesota Minnesota
46 Bernice Madigan[2] F W July 24, 1899 Living 125 years, 157 days Massachusetts Living in Massachusetts
47 Fred Hale[1] M W December 1, 1890 November 19, 2004 113 years, 354 days Maine New York
48 Miriam Carpelan[23] F W July 8, 1882 June 22, 1996 113 years, 350 days United Kingdom California
Elsie Thompson[2] F W April 5, 1899 March 21, 2013 113 years, 350 days Pennsylvania Florida
50 Bertha Fry[24] F W December 1, 1893 November 14, 2007 113 years, 348 days Indiana Indiana
51 Soledad Mexia[2] F H August 13, 1899 Living 125 years, 137 days Mexico Living in California
52 Mae Harrington[1] F W January 20, 1889 December 29, 2002 113 years, 343 days New York New York
53 Daisey Bailey[21] F B March 30, 1896 March 7, 2010 113 years, 342 days Tennessee Michigan
54 Agatha Mitchell[1] F B March 26, 1887 February 25, 2001 113 years, 336 days Virginia Virginia
55 Naomi Conner[2] F B August 30, 1899 Living 125 years, 120 days Texas Living in Texas
56 Clara Huhn[1] F W January 28, 1887 December 20, 2000 113 years, 327 days Nebraska California
57 Corinne Dixon Taylor[1] F B April 2, 1893 February 14, 2007 113 years, 318 days District of Columbia District of Columbia
58 Mary Christian[1] F W June 12, 1889 April 20, 2003 113 years, 312 days Massachusetts California
59 Evelyn Kozak[2] F W August 14, 1899 June 11, 2013 113 years, 301 days New York New York
60 Louisiana Hines[2] F B April 13, 1899 February 1, 2013 113 years, 294 days Alabama Michigan
61 Mississippi Winn[22] F B March 31, 1897 January 14, 2011 113 years, 289 days Louisiana Louisiana
60.5 Ida Williams[7] F B June 10, 1891 March 25, 2005 113 years, 288 days Louisiana Louisiana
62 Fannie Thomas[1] F W April 14, 1867 January 22, 1981 113 years, 283 days Illinois California
63 Johnson Parks[1] M B October 15, 1884 July 17, 1998 113 years, 275 days Georgia Florida
64 Mary Parr[1] F W January 29, 1889 October 29, 2002 113 years, 273 days Indiana Florida
65 Beatrice Farve[20] F B April 30, 1895 January 19, 2009 113 years, 264 days Georgia Georgia
66 Amalia Barone[1] F W October 6, 1884 June 26, 1998 113 years, 263 days Italy Connecticut
67 Zora Wriggle[1] F W February 24, 1880 November 7, 1993 113 years, 256 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
67.5 Rosa Allen[23] F B May 17, 1887 January 26, 2001 113 years, 254 days Georgia Georgia
68 John Ingram McMorran[1] M W June 19, 1889 February 24, 2003 113 years, 250 days Michigan Florida
69 Mary McKinney[1] F W May 30, 1873 February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days California California
70 Ella Schuler[22] F W September 5, 1897 May 7, 2011 113 years, 244 days Nebraska Kansas
71 Gladys Swetland[1] F W April 18, 1892 December 14, 2005 113 years, 240 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
72 Mary Randall[1] F B April 1, 1887 November 12, 2000 113 years, 225 days Arkansas Texas
73 Delina Filkins[1] F W May 4, 1815 December 4, 1928 113 years, 214 days New York New York
74 Mary Kelly[25] F W June 7, 1851 December 30, 1964 113 years, 206 days Michigan California
75 Nelle Hunt[1] F W July 28, 1887 February 8, 2001 113 years, 195 days Missouri Missouri
Helen Stetter[24] F W November 18, 1893 June 1, 2007 113 years, 195 days Nebraska Nebraska
77 Carrie Hardrick[1] F B November 6, 1887 May 14, 2001 113 years, 189 days Texas Texas
78 Mamie Eva Keith[1] F W March 22, 1873 September 20, 1986 113 years, 182 days Illinois Illinois
79 Beryl Kapaun[18] F W June 4, 1899 November 7, 2012 113 years, 156 days South Dakota South Dakota
80 Emma Wilson[1] F W May 12, 1870 October 13, 1983 113 years, 154 days Missouri Missouri
81 Jane Markle[1] F W October 10, 1883 March 12, 1997 113 years, 153 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
81.5 Frances Street[7] F B March 28, 1897 August 24, 2010 113 years, 149 days South Carolina North Carolina
81.7 Cora Wisner[7] F W January 10, 1888 June 6, 2001 113 years, 147 days Tennessee Tennessee
82 Anna Henderson[2] F B March 5, 1900 Living 124 years, 298 days Georgia Living in Pennsylvania
83 Frederick Frazier[1] M W January 27, 1880 June 14, 1993 113 years, 138 days Alabama Alabama
84 Gertrude Croker[1] F W July 12, 1881 November 26, 1994 113 years, 137 days Iowa Vermont
85 Cleo Craig[1] F W February 12, 1890 June 28, 2003 113 years, 136 days Illinois Illinois
86 Frances Johns[1] F B February 3, 1886 May 24, 1999 113 years, 110 days Arkansas California
87 Aurelia Marotta[1] F W June 27, 1890 October 4, 2003 113 years, 99 days Massachusetts Massachusetts
88 Adelheid Kirschbaum[1] F W September 29, 1883 December 21, 1996 113 years, 83 days Germany New York
89 Nellie Spencer[1] F W August 24, 1869 November 13, 1982 113 years, 81 days New Hampshire New Jersey
90 Mary Crombie[1] F W July 6, 1890 September 22, 2003 113 years, 78 days Illinois Illinois
91 Delvina Dahlheimer[23] F W December 31, 1888 March 13, 2002 113 years, 72 days Minnesota Minnesota
92 Leila Backman Shull[24] F W October 16, 1894 December 22, 2007 113 years, 67 days South Carolina South Carolina
Antonia Gerena Rivera[2] F H May 19, 1900 Living 124 years, 223 days Puerto Rico Living in Florida
94 Betsy Baker[1] F W August 20, 1842 October 24, 1955 113 years, 65 days United Kingdom Nebraska
95 Cora Humphrey[1] F B September 4, 1879 November 1, 1992 113 years, 58 days Illinois New York
96 Hazel Luther[1] F W December 11, 1889 January 31, 2003 113 years, 51 days Massachusetts Florida
97 Ollie Bay[1] F W November 11, 1872 December 31, 1985 113 years, 50 days Illinois Illinois
98 Walter Richardson[1] M W November 7, 1885 December 25, 1998 113 years, 48 days Illinois Illinois
99 Hagar Young[22] F B October 11, 1898 November 25, 2011 113 years, 45 days Alabama Alabama
100 Flossie Eckard[1] F W July 25, 1888 August 25, 2001 113 years, 31 days Iowa California
101 Ito Konno Kinase[1] F O December 31, 1889 January 24, 2003 113 years, 24 days Japan Hawaii
Nettie Whittington[18] F B October 31, 1899 November 24, 2012 113 years, 24 days Mississippi Mississippi
103 Daisy Sanders[1] F W November 28, 1881 December 10, 1994 113 years, 12 days Mississippi Florida
104 Birdie May Vogt[1] F W August 3, 1876 July 23, 1989 112 years, 354 days Ohio Florida
105 Olive Alleshouse[23] F W June 7, 1882 May 13, 1995 112 years, 340 days Texas Illinois
Elsie Johnson Maney[24] F W March 28, 1894 March 3, 2007 112 years, 340 days North Carolina North Carolina
107 Ruby Drakeford[1] F W January 25, 1892 December 29, 2004 112 years, 339 days North Carolina North Carolina
108 Maggie Murdock[1] F B August 19, 1887 July 22, 2000 112 years, 338 days North Carolina North Carolina
109 Moses Hardy M B January 6, 1894 December 7, 2006 112 years, 335 days Mississippi Mississippi
110 Ella Gantt[1] F W November 30, 1888 October 28, 2001 112 years, 332 days Georgia Georgia
Elizabeth Stefan[19] F W May 13, 1895 April 9, 2008 112 years, 332 days Hungary[b] Connecticut
112 Grace Jones[1] F W June 4, 1893 April 24, 2006 112 years, 324 days Virginia Virginia
112.5 Ruby Kimball[23] F W March 23, 1892 February 9, 2005 112 years, 323 days Georgia New York
Blanche Cobb[7] F B September 8, 1900 Living 124 years, 111 days Georgia Living in Florida
113 C. Letitia Lawson[20] F W April 10, 1896 February 22, 2009 112 years, 318 days Iowa Iowa
113.5 Florence Barnes[23] F B May 11, 1894 March 5, 2007 112 years, 298 days Tennessee Tennessee
114 Lillie Neff[1] F W May 9, 1888 February 27, 2001 112 years, 294 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
115 Irma Schmidt[22] F W October 7, 1898 July 25, 2011 112 years, 291 days Indiana Connecticut
116 Anna Stoehr[2] F W October 15, 1900 Living 124 years, 74 days Iowa Living in Minnesota
122.5 Mary Will[7] F W October 15, 1900 Living 124 years, 74 days North Carolina Living in North Carolina
117 Sadie B. Meyer[1] F W November 7, 1879 August 7, 1992 112 years, 274 days New Hampshire New Hampshire
118 Yettie Wilson[1] F B August 28, 1892 May 27, 2005 112 years, 272 days South Carolina New York
119 Florence Homan[1] F W November 18, 1893 August 13, 2006 112 years, 268 days Ohio Ohio
Goldie Steinberg[2] F W October 30, 1900 Living 124 years, 59 days Moldova[c] Living in New York
121 Berna Dupertuis[1] F W September 21, 1888 June 6, 2001 112 years, 258 days South Dakota California
122 Flossie Page[1] F W June 12, 1893 February 22, 2006 112 years, 255 days Kansas Kansas
123 Marion Higgins[1] F W June 26, 1893 March 2, 2006 112 years, 249 days New York California
124 Katherine Jones[1] F B August 30, 1879 April 27, 1992 112 years, 241 days Kansas California
125 Jennie Houck[1] F W August 30, 1888 April 24, 2001 112 years, 237 days Texas Oklahoma
126 Bertha Flathers[1] F W March 30, 1885 November 21, 1997 112 years, 236 days Minnesota Minnesota
127 Luisa Sanchez[1] F H/B/I February 14, 1884 October 5, 1996 112 years, 234 days New York New York
128 Orpha Nusbaum[1] F W August 13, 1875 March 30, 1988 112 years, 230 days Indiana Indiana
129 Mary Margaret Smith[1] F W October 7, 1893 May 23, 2006 112 years, 228 days Pennsylvania Ohio
130 Emelie Weil[18] F W November 20, 1899 July 2, 2012 112 years, 225 days Kentucky Indiana
131 Lydia Newton[1] F W March 23, 1893 October 30, 2005 112 years, 221 days Illinois Arizona
132 Anne Christopher[24] F W March 4, 1895 October 10, 2007 112 years, 220 days South Carolina Georgia
133 Anna Balsiger[1] F W February 11, 1889 September 14, 2001 112 years, 215 days Wisconsin Wisconsin
148.5 Ora Holland[7] F W December 24, 1900 Living 124 years, 4 days Missouri Living in Oklahoma
134 Edna Taylor[1] F B July 12, 1890 February 10, 2003 112 years, 213 days New York New York
135 Margaret Russell[1] F W October 31, 1892 May 29, 2005 112 years, 210 days Oklahoma California
Inez Parker Jeffus[1] F W March 20, 1894 October 16, 2006 112 years, 210 days Texas Texas
137 Florence Poe[21] F W August 24, 1897 March 21, 2010 112 years, 209 days Missouri Missouri
138 Victoria Evinger[1] F W February 1, 1883 August 26, 1995 112 years, 206 days Indiana Indiana
139 Mary Stout[1] F W June 4, 1883 December 25, 1995 112 years, 204 days Kansas Illinois
Susana Lynn[1] F B December 9, 1888 July 1, 2001 112 years, 204 days Texas Kansas
George Francis[19] M B June 6, 1896 December 27, 2008 112 years, 204 days Louisiana California
James Madison King[7] M W November 15, 1854 June 5, 1967 112 years, 202 days Arkansas Louisiana
142 Elizabeth Fisher[1] F W January 15, 1884 August 3, 1996 112 years, 201 days Minnesota Washington
Louisa Delfino[1] F W December 10, 1886 June 29, 1999 112 years, 201 days Italy Ohio
144 Amelia England[18] F W May 15, 1900 November 30, 2012 112 years, 199 days United Kingdom Massachusetts
145 Mary Arp[1] F W July 4, 1885 January 18, 1998 112 years, 198 days Iowa South Dakota
146 Opal Thompson[2] F W January 13, 1901 Living 123 years, 350 days Oklahoma Living in California
147 Sammie Howe[1] F W March 7, 1887 September 12, 1999 112 years, 189 days Alabama Florida
148 Ruth Bruce[22] F B October 8, 1898 April 8, 2011 112 years, 182 days South Carolina North Carolina
149 Delcia Sockwell[1] F B March 7, 1888 September 4, 2000 112 years, 181 days Arkansas Arkansas
150 Marietta Capizzi[2] F W January 30, 1901 Living 123 years, 333 days Italy Living in New York
148.6 Ruth Stamps[7] F B May 22, 1896 November 8, 2008 112 years, 170 days North Carolina Ohio
148.7 Louise Stern[26] F W April 18, 1894 October 4, 2006 112 years, 169 days New York New York
148.8 Melinda Harris[7] F B May 4, 1898 October 20, 2010 112 years, 169 days North Carolina North Carolina
151 Martha Williams[1] F B September 12, 1889 February 24, 2002 112 years, 165 days Arkansas Arkansas
152 Hattie Lafayette[20] F B March 30, 1897 September 10, 2009 112 years, 164 days Alabama Mississippi
153 John Painter[1] M W September 20, 1888 March 1, 2001 112 years, 162 days Tennessee Tennessee
Susie Waller[1] F W May 26, 1890 November 4, 2002 112 years, 162 days Iowa California
155 Florence Busch[20] F W August 13, 1896 January 21, 2009 112 years, 161 days Wisconsin Wisconsin
156 Nellie Cross[1] F W October 28, 1889 April 3, 2002 112 years, 157 days Iowa Iowa
157 Meta Ilten[18] F W September 7, 1899 February 9, 2012 112 years, 155 days Iowa Iowa
158 Nellie Richards[1] F W August 14, 1885 January 13, 1998 112 years, 152 days New York New Hampshire
Martele Murphy[1] F W January 5, 1886 June 6, 1998 112 years, 152 days Maine Massachusetts
158.5 Jessie Champion[1] M B August 15, 1887 January 12, 2000 112 years, 150 days Georgia Georgia
160 Hattie Stone[27] F W August 17, 1867 January 13, 1980 112 years, 149 days California California
Ruth Anderson[22] F W July 24, 1899 December 20, 2011 112 years, 149 days Minnesota Minnesota
162 Maude Ross[1] F W January 13, 1880 June 9, 1992 112 years, 148 days Ohio Missouri
163 Elzona Moxey[1] F W November 30, 1875 April 25, 1988 112 years, 147 days Kentucky Oklahoma
164 Berta Rosenberg[20] F W September 5, 1896 January 28, 2009 112 years, 145 days Germany New York
165 Elma Corning[1] F W February 22, 1892 July 12, 2004 112 years, 141 days Iowa California
166 Mary Bittlebrun[1] F W March 19, 1864 August 6, 1976 112 years, 140 days Illinois Arkansas
167 Alphaeus Philemon Cole[1] M W July 12, 1876 November 25, 1988 112 years, 136 days New Jersey New York
168 Fannie Adler Greenberg[24] F W May 24, 1895 October 5, 2007 112 years, 134 days Canada New York
169 Emma Yager[1] F W November 12, 1889 March 16, 2002 112 years, 124 days New York New York
170 Mary Penamon[1] F B October 18, 1881 February 18, 1994 112 years, 123 days Mississippi Tennessee
171 George Johnson[1] M B/W May 1, 1894 August 30, 2006 112 years, 121 days Pennsylvania California
172 Onie Ponder[21] F W September 3, 1898 December 31, 2010 112 years, 119 days Florida Florida
173 Jessie Mae Kettering[1] F W January 17, 1888 May 11, 2000 112 years, 115 days Iowa Iowa
174 Ada Killian[1] F ? August 1, 1873 November 17, 1985 112 years, 108 days Indiana Missouri
175 Mary Phelps[18] F W August 5, 1900 November 19, 2012 112 years, 106 days Pennsylvania Ohio
176 Velma Curvey[21] F W September 15, 1898 December 24, 2010 112 years, 100 days Illinois Illinois
177 Anna Brown[1] F B September 29, 1884 January 5, 1997 112 years, 98 days Alabama Florida
178 Rosaria Caleca[24] F W February 5, 1895 May 6, 2007 112 years, 90 days Italy New York
Beatrice Cooper[20] F W February 3, 1897 May 4, 2009 112 years, 90 days Michigan Michigan
180 Mable Ragan[2] F W February 1, 1901 April 30, 2013 112 years, 88 days Nebraska Nebraska
181 Brigida Dearroyo[1] F H October 7, 1888 December 31, 2000 112 years, 85 days Puerto Rico New Jersey
182 Maggie James[18] F B March 10, 1900 June 1, 2012 112 years, 83 days Virginia Virginia
183 Amy Harris[1] F W November 6, 1881 January 26, 1994 112 years, 81 days Arkansas California
Grace Styck[1] F W December 15, 1893 March 6, 2006 112 years, 81 days Illinois Illinois
185 Melvina Richardson[1] F B January 11, 1889 March 31, 2001 112 years, 79 days Indiana Indiana
186 Charlotte Flowers[18] F B February 20, 1900 May 4, 2012 112 years, 74 days Florida Florida
Dominga Velasco[2] F H/W May 12, 1901 Living 123 years, 230 days Mexico Living in California
186.5 Roberta Brittain[7] F B May 31, 1896 August 10, 2008 112 years, 71 days Alabama Illinois
188 Agnes Ferron[1] F W November 13, 1893 January 18, 2006 112 years, 66 days Kansas Nebraska
189 Nyleptha Roberts[21] F W March 12, 1898 May 5, 2010 112 years, 54 days Tennessee Tennessee
190 Emma Carroll[24] F W May 18, 1895 July 10, 2007 112 years, 53 days Iowa Iowa
191 Minerva Bedford[1] F B September 13, 1886 November 4, 1998 112 years, 52 days Kentucky Kentucky
Edna Bowman[2] F W June 3, 1901 Living 123 years, 208 days Maine Living in North Carolina
193 Kathryn Gemme[1] F W November 9, 1894 December 29, 2006 112 years, 50 days Massachusetts Massachusetts
194 Mamie Lou McGoogan[1] F W January 12, 1892 March 1, 2004 112 years, 49 days Louisiana Arkansas
Martha Wiley[28] F W August 28, 1894 October 16, 2006 112 years, 49 days Georgia Texas
193.5 Pearl Cornelsen[7] F W December 25, 1900 February 11, 2013 112 years, 48 days Nebraska California
Salustiano Sanchez[7] M W June 8, 1901 Living 123 years, 203 days Spain Living in New York
196 J. Reeta Jones[21] F W October 17, 1898 December 1, 2010 112 years, 45 days Tennessee North Carolina
197 Jessie Penn[1] F W May 18, 1889 June 30, 2001 112 years, 43 days Alabama Alabama
Geneva McNicholl[1] F W December 10, 1889 January 2, 2002 112 years, 43 days Oregon Oregon
199 Bertha Blair[1] F W December 30, 1875 February 9, 1988 112 years, 41 days Iowa California
197.5 Antoinette Huber[7] F W January 22, 1880 March 1, 1992 112 years, 39 days Ohio Ohio
200 Claire Dunning[1] F W August 20, 1878 September 27, 1990 112 years, 38 days New York Florida
201 Mary Gentry[20] F W September 4, 1897 October 6, 2009 112 years, 32 days Alabama Alabama
202 Ethel Robison[1] F W June 2, 1894 July 3, 2006 112 years, 31 days Missouri Missouri
203 Emma Castilla Bowen[1] F W March 2, 1889 March 29, 2001 112 years, 27 days Illinois Illinois
Marcella Humphrey[1] F W October 25, 1892 November 21, 2004 112 years, 27 days Wisconsin Michigan
205 Lydia Carvalho[1] F W January 21, 1892 February 15, 2004 112 years, 25 days Rhode Island Connecticut
206 Anna Lou Shively[1] F W May 14, 1880 June 7, 1992 112 years, 24 days Indiana Pennsylvania
207 Mary Phil Cota[1] F W July 5, 1870 July 22, 1982 112 years, 17 days California California
208 Lake Dickson[20] F W January 19, 1897 January 30, 2009 112 years, 11 days North Carolina North Carolina
209 Ruby Clawson[2] F W July 15, 1901 Living 123 years, 166 days Arkansas California
210 Emma Vanderkarr[1] F W November 29, 1869 December 5, 1981 112 years, 6 days New York Virginia
211 James Wiggins[1] M B October 15, 1879 October 16, 1991 112 years, 1 day Arkansas Arkansas

a^ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was a part of the German Empire at the time of her birth. Today, this area is a part of Poland.
b^ Stefan was born in Siebenbürgen, which was then part of Hungary. It is now in Romania.
c^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is currently located in Moldova.

Oldest living American by state

This is a list of the oldest living people in America by state. Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Verified   Pending   Unverified

State Name Sex Race Reported birth date Reported age as of December 28, 2024
Alabama Martha Scruggs[29] F W May 1, 1904 120 years, 241 days
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California Soledad Mexia[2] F H August 13, 1899 125 years, 137 days
Colorado Mayree Dougherty[7] F W March 31, 1903 121 years, 272 days
Connecticut
Delaware Myrtle Clifton[7] F W November 19, 1902 122 years, 39 days
District of Columbia Marie Buckner[30] F B February 3, 1903 121 years, 329 days
Florida Antonia Gerena Rivera[2] F H May 19, 1900 124 years, 223 days
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois Wash Wesley[7] M B January 21, 1903 121 years, 342 days
Indiana
Iowa Verna Webber[7] F W February 27, 1903 121 years, 305 days
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland Helen Wheat[2] F W September 16, 1902 122 years, 103 days
Massachusetts Bernice Madigan[2] F W July 24, 1899 125 years, 157 days
Michigan Jeralean Talley[2] F B May 23, 1899 125 years, 219 days
Minnesota Anna Stoehr[2] F W October 15, 1900 124 years, 74 days
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska Emily Bouc[31] F W May 8, 1904 120 years, 234 days
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey Adele Dunlap[7] F W December 12, 1902 122 years, 16 days
New Mexico
New York Susannah Mushatt Jones[2] F B July 6, 1899 125 years, 175 days
North Carolina Edna Bowman[2] F W June 3, 1901 123 years, 208 days
North Dakota
Ohio Ruth Stethem[7] F W October 14, 1903 121 years, 197 days
Oklahoma Ora Holland[7] F W December 24, 1900 124 years, 4 days
Oregon
Pennsylvania Anna Henderson[2] F B March 5, 1900 124 years, 298 days
Rhode Island Lillian Cardullo[32] F W May 20, 1903 121 years, 222 days
South Carolina
South Dakota Dorothy Antritter[33] F W November 25, 1904 120 years, 33 days
Tennessee Cloa Elizabeth Gragg[34] F W June 1, 1903 121 years, 210 days
Texas Naomi Conner[2] F B August 30, 1899 125 years, 120 days
Utah Anna Marie Mancuso[35][36] F W February 18, 1904 120 years, 314 days
Vermont
Virginia Lela Burden[7] F B May 7, 1903 121 years, 235 days
Washington Emma Otis[2] F W October 22, 1901 123 years, 67 days
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Oldest American by state

This is a list of the oldest people (women and men) by birth from each U.S. state. States farther west have fewer verified recordholders.[27][37] Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Deceased (verified)   Living (verified)   Pending   Disputed

State Name Sex Race Birth date Death date Age at death
Alabama Lucy Hannah F B July 16, 1875 March 21, 1993 117 years, 248 days
Frederick Frazier M W January 27, 1880 June 14, 1993 113 years, 138 days
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas Mary Randall F B April 1, 1887 November 12, 2000 113 years, 225 days
James Wiggins M B October 15, 1879 October 16, 1991 112 years, 1 day
California Mary McKinney F W May 30, 1873 February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days
Sidney Amber M W January 26, 1886 November 17, 1995 109 years, 295 days
Colorado Frankie Jones F W November 16, 1892 January 31, 2004 111 years, 76 days
Connecticut Mary Bidwell F W May 19, 1881 April 25, 1996 114 years, 342 days
Delaware Wally Baker F W January 9, 1898 April 8, 2009 111 years, 89 days
District of Columbia Corinne Dixon Taylor F B April 2, 1893 February 14, 2007 113 years, 318 days
Ernest Pusey M W May 5, 1895 November 19, 2006 111 years, 198 days
Florida Onie Ponder F W September 3, 1898 December 31, 2010 112 years, 119 days
Georgia Gertrude Baines F B April 6, 1894 September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days
Johnson Parks M B October 15, 1884 July 17, 1998 113 years, 275 days
Hawaii Hitoyo Mori F O February 10, 1902 February 1, 2012 109 years, 356 days
Idaho Elsie Golcher F W November 29, 1891 March 2, 2003 111 years, 93 days
Illinois Wilhelmina Kott F W March 7, 1880 September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days
Walter Richardson M W November 7, 1885 December 25, 1998 113 years, 48 days
Indiana Edna Parker F W April 20, 1893 November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days
Shelby Harris M B March 31, 1901 July 25, 2012 111 years, 116 days
Iowa Neva Morris F W August 3, 1895 April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days
Earl Brush M W July 17, 1893 January 10, 2005 111 years, 177 days
Kansas Delma Kollar F W October 31, 1897 January 24, 2012 114 years, 85 days
Benjamin Harrison Holcomb M W July 3, 1889 December 2, 2000 111 years, 152 days
Kentucky Mary Anna Boone F W February 10, 1887 May 13, 2001 114 years, 92 days
Robert Early M W October 8, 1849 October 9, 1960 111 years, 1 day
Louisiana Eunice Sanborn F W July 20, 1896 January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days
George Francis M B June 6, 1896 December 27, 2008 112 years, 204 days
Maine Fred Hale M W December 1, 1890 November 19, 2004 113 years, 354 days
Martele Elsie Murphy F W January 5, 1886 June 6, 1998 112 years, 152 days
Maryland Pearl Bradford F W March 22, 1892 November 20, 2003 111 years, 243 days
Zachariah Blackistone M W February 16, 1871 April 18, 1982 111 years, 61 days
Massachusetts Bernice Madigan F W July 24, 1899 Living 125 years, 157 days
Michigan Maude Farris-Luse F W January 21, 1887 March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days
John Ingram McMorran M W June 19, 1889 February 24, 2003 113 years, 250 days
Minnesota Walter Breuning M W September 21, 1896 April 14, 2011 114 years, 205 days
Catherine Hagel F W November 28, 1894 December 6, 2008 114 years, 8 days
Mississippi Bettie Wilson F B September 13, 1890 February 13, 2006 115 years, 153 days
Moses Hardy M B January 6, 1893 (or 1894) December 7, 2006 113 (or 112) years, 335 days
Missouri Nelle Hunt F W July 28, 1887 February 8, 2001 113 years, 195 days
Garland Adair M W July 30, 1898 December 11, 2009 111 years, 134 days
Montana Emma Taylor F W September 1, 1891 June 24, 2003 111 years, 282 days
Nebraska Clara Huhn F W January 28, 1887 December 20, 2000 113 years, 327 days
Luther Goding M W July 1, 1884 December 5, 1995 111 years, 157 days
Nevada
New Hampshire Nellie Spencer F W August 24, 1869 November 13, 1982 113 years, 81 days
New Jersey Alphaeus Philemon Cole M W July 12, 1876 November 25, 1988 112 years, 136 days
Bertha Cole F W February 28, 1883 August 19, 1994 111 years, 172 days
New Mexico Anne Olsen F W June 23, 1891 December 16, 2001 110 years, 176 days
New York Grace Thaxton F W June 18, 1891 July 6, 2005 114 years, 18 days
North Carolina Maggie Barnes F B March 6, 1882 January 19, 1998 115 years, 319 days
North Dakota Mary Schumacher F W August 29, 1898 October 29, 2009 111 years, 61 days
Ohio Myrtle Dorsey F W November 22, 1885 June 25, 2000 114 years, 216 days
Walter H. Seward M W October 13, 1896 September 14, 2008 111 years, 337 days
Oklahoma Margaret Russell F W October 31, 1892 May 29, 2005 112 years, 210 days
Otis Clark M B February 13, 1903 May 21, 2012 109 years, 98 days
Oregon Geneva McNicholl F W December 10, 1889 January 22, 2002 112 years, 43 days
Pennsylvania Sarah Knauss F W September 24, 1880 December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days
George Johnson M BW May 1, 1894 August 30, 2006 112 years, 121 days
Rhode Island Lydia Carvalho F W January 21, 1892 February 15, 2004 112 years, 25 days
South Carolina Mamie Rearden F B September 7, 1898 January 2, 2013 114 years, 117 days
South Dakota Beryl Kapaun F W June 4, 1899 November 7, 2012 113 years, 156 days
Tennessee Elizabeth Bolden F B August 15, 1890 December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days
John Painter M W September 20, 1888 March 1, 2001 112 years, 162 days
Texas Margaret Skeete F W October 27, 1878 May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days
William Fullingim M W July 7, 1855 August 6, 1965 110 years, 30 days
Utah Cleo Hinckley F W October 13, 1890 September 30, 2002 111 years, 352 days
Vermont Jessica Swift F W September 17, 1871 January 2, 1982 110 years, 107 days
Virginia Agatha Mitchell F B March 26, 1887 February 25, 2001 113 years, 336 days
Washington Emma Otis F W October 22, 1901 Living 123 years, 67 days
West Virginia Ettie Mae Greene F W September 8, 1877 February 26, 1992 114 years, 171 days
Wisconsin Anna Balsiger F W February 11, 1889 September 14, 2001 112 years, 215 days
Wyoming

Territories

Territory Name Sex Race Birth date Death date Age at death
Puerto Rico Emiliano Mercado del Toro M H August 21, 1891 January 24, 2007 115 years, 156 days
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F W August 31, 1889 May 29, 2004 114 years, 272 days

Chronological list of the oldest living person in the United States since 1974

Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending

From To Name Sex Race Reported age(s)
when oldest 		Reported lifespan State of death
Unidentified May 18, 1974 Clarida Roy F W ? – 110 October 19, 1863 – May 18, 1974
110 years, 211 days 		Maine
May 18, 1974 August 5, 1976
(2 years, 80 days) 		Mary Bittlebrun F W 110 – 112 March 19, 1864 – August 6, 1976
112 years, 140 days 		Arkansas
August 6, 1976 December 2, 1977
(1 year, 118 days) 		Sophia DeMuth F W 110 – 111 June 30, 1866 – December 2, 1977
111 years, 155 days 		Nebraska
December 2, 1977 January 31, 1978
(60 days) 		Alma Abernathy[38] F W 110 – 111 December 7, 1866 – January 31, 1978
111 years, 55 days 		Indiana
January 31, 1978 January 22, 1981
(2 years, 357 days) 		Fannie Thomas F W 110 – 113 April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981
113 years, 283 days 		California
January 22, 1981 November 13, 1982
(1 year, 295 days) 		Nellie Spencer F W 111 – 113 August 24, 1869 – November 13, 1982
113 years, 81 days 		New Jersey
November 13, 1982 October 13, 1983
(334 days) 		Emma Wilson F W 112 – 113 May 12, 1870 – October 13, 1983
113 years, 154 days 		Missouri
October 13, 1983 October 21, 1986
(3 years, 8 days) 		Augusta Holtz F W 112 – 115 August 3, 1871 – October 21, 1986
115 years, 79 days 		Missouri
October 21, 1986 February 2, 1987
(104 days) 		Mary McKinney F W 113 May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987
113 years, 248 days 		California
February 2, 1987 January 11, 1988
(343 days) 		Florence Knapp F W 113 – 114 October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988
114 years, 93 days 		Pennsylvania
January 11, 1988 March 21, 1993
(5 years, 69 days) 		Lucy Hannah F B 112 – 117 July 16, 1875 – March 21, 1993
117 years, 248 days 		Michigan
March 21, 1993 May 7, 1994
(1 year, 47 days) 		Margaret Skeete F W 114 – 115 October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994
115 years, 192 days 		Virginia
May 7, 1994 September 6, 1994
(122 days) 		Wilhelmina Kott F W 114 March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994
114 years, 183 days 		Illinois
September 6, 1994 December 30, 1999
(5 years, 115 days) 		Sarah Knauss F W 113 – 119 September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999
119 years, 97 days 		Pennsylvania
December 30, 1999 June 25, 2000
(178 days) 		Myrtle Dorsey F W 114 November 22, 1885 – June 25, 2000
114 years, 216 days 		Ohio
June 25, 2000 March 18, 2002
(1 year, 266 days) 		Maude Farris-Luse F W 113 – 115 January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002
115 years, 56 days 		Michigan
March 18, 2002 May 28, 2002
(71 days) 		Grace Clawson F W 114 November 15, 1887 – May 28, 2002
114 years, 194 days 		Florida
May 28, 2002 August 21, 2002
(85 days) 		Adelina Domingues F W 114 February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002
114 years, 183 days 		California
August 21, 2002 December 29, 2002
(130 days) 		Mae Harrington F W 113 January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002
113 years, 343 days 		New York
December 29, 2002 April 20, 2003
(112 days) 		Mary Christian F W 113 June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003
113 years, 312 days 		California
April 20, 2003 October 5, 2003
(168 days) 		Elena Slough F W 113 – 114 July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003
114 years, 93 days 		New Jersey
October 5, 2003 May 14, 2004
(222 days) 		Charlotte Benkner F W 113 – 114 November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004
114 years, 180 days 		Ohio
May 14, 2004 December 1, 2004
(201 days) 		Emma Verona Johnston F W 113 – 114 August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004
114 years, 117 days 		Ohio
December 1, 2004 December 11, 2006
(2 years, 10 days) 		Elizabeth Bolden F B 114 – 116 August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006
116 years, 118 days 		Tennessee
December 11, 2006 January 28, 2007
(48 days) 		Emma Tillman F B 114 November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007
114 years, 67 days 		Connecticut
January 28, 2007 February 14, 2007
(17 days) 		Corinne Dixon Taylor F B 113 April 2, 1893 – February 14, 2007
113 years, 318 days 		District of Columbia
February 14, 2007 November 26, 2008
(1 year, 286 days) 		Edna Parker F W 113 – 115 April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008
115 years, 220 days 		Indiana
November 26, 2008 September 11, 2009
(289 days) 		Gertrude Baines F B 114 – 115 April 6, 1894 – September 11, 2009
115 years, 158 days 		California
September 11, 2009 March 7, 2010
(177 days) 		Mary Josephine Ray F W 114 May 17, 1895 – March 7, 2010
114 years, 294 days 		New Hampshire
March 7, 2010 April 6, 2010
(30 days) 		Neva Morris F W 114 August 3, 1895 – April 6, 2010
114 years, 246 days 		Iowa
April 6, 2010 January 31, 2011
(300 days) 		Eunice Sanborn F W 113 – 114 July 20, 1896 – January 31, 2011
114 years, 195 days 		Texas
January 31, 2011 December 4, 2012
(1 year, 308 days) 		Besse Cooper F W 114 – 116 August 26, 1896 – December 4, 2012
116 years, 100 days 		Georgia
December 4, 2012 December 17, 2012
(13 days) 		Dina Manfredini F W 115 April 4, 1897 – December 17, 2012
115 years, 257 days 		Iowa
December 17, 2012 January 2, 2013
(16 days) 		Mamie Rearden F B 114 September 7, 1898 – January 2, 2013
114 years, 117 days 		South Carolina
January 2, 2013 March 21, 2013
(78 days) 		Elsie Thompson F W 113 April 5, 1899 - March 21, 2013
113 years, 350 days 		Florida
March 21, 2013 Present
(4300 days) 		Jeralean Talley F B 113 – 114* born May 23, 1899
age 125 years, 219 days 		Living in Michigan

Chronological list of the oldest living man in the United States since 1978

Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending   Disputed

From To Name Race Reported age(s)
when oldest 		Reported lifespan State of death
? August 20, 1978 Charlie Nelson W ? – 110 September 21, 1867 – August 20, 1978
110 years, 333 days 		Iowa
August 20, 1978 September 5, 1980
(2 years, 15 days) 		Charlie Phillips B 108 – 110 May 5, 1870 – September 5, 1980
110 years, 123 days 		Mississippi
5 September 1980 18 April 1982
(1 year, 225 days) 		Zachariah Blackistone W 109 – 111 16 February 1871 – 18 April 1982
111 years, 61 days 		Washington, D.C.
18 April 1982 4 March 1983
(320 days) 		James Nash W 109 – 110 31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983
110 years, 216 days 		Kentucky
4 March 1983 11 August 1983
(160 days) 		Walter Francis Willcox W 110 1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983
110 years, 283 days 		California
11 August 1983 22 December 1983
(133 days) 		Gregory Pandazes W 110 15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983
110 years, 341 days 		California
22 December 1983 14 December 1986
(2 years, 357 days) 		Joe Thomas B 108 – 111 1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986
111 years, 227 days 		Louisiana
December 14, 1986 November 25, 1988
(1 year, 347 days) 		Alphaeus Philemon Cole W 110 – 112 July 12, 1876 – November 25, 1988
112 years, 136 days 		New York
November 25, 1988 January 21, 1989
(57 days) 		Alton Gilbert W 110 June 11, 1878 – January 21, 1989
110 years, 224 days 		New York
January 21, 1989 October 16, 1991
(2 years, 268 days) 		James Wiggins B 109 – 112 October 15, 1879 – October 16, 1991
112 years, 1 day 		Arkansas
October 16, 1991 June 14, 1993
(1 year, 241 days) 		Frederick Frazier W 111 – 113 January 27, 1880 – June 14, 1993
113 years, 138 days 		Alabama
June 14, 1993 April 25, 1998
(4 years, 315 days) 		Christian Mortensen W 111 – 115 August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998
115 years, 252 days 		California
April 25, 1998 July 17, 1998
(83 days) 		Johnson Parks B 113 October 15, 1884 – July 17, 1998
113 years, 275 days 		Florida
July 17, 1998 December 25, 1998
(161 days) 		Walter Richardson W 112 – 113 November 7, 1885 – December 25, 1998
113 years, 48 days 		Illinois
December 25, 1998 January 12, 2000
(1 year, 18 days ) 		Jessie Champion B 111 – 112 August 15, 1887 – January 12, 2000
112 years, 150 days 		Georgia
January 12, 2000 March 1, 2001
(1 year, 48 days) 		John Painter W 111 – 112 September 20, 1888 – March 1, 2001
112 years, 162 days 		Tennessee
March 1, 2001 February 24, 2003
(1 year, 360 days) 		John McMorran W 111 – 113 June 19, 1889 – February 24, 2003
113 years, 250 days 		Florida
February 24, 2003 November 19, 2004
(1 year, 269 days) 		Fred Hale W 112 – 113 December 1, 1890 – November 19, 2004
113 years, 354 days 		New York
November 19, 2004 January 10, 2005
(52 days) 		Earl Brush W 111 July 17, 1893 – January 10, 2005
111 years, 177 days 		California
January 10, 2005 December 7, 2006
(1 year, 331 days) 		Moses Hardy B 111 – 112 January 6, 1894 – December 7, 2006
112 years, 335 days 		Mississippi
December 7, 2006 January 9, 2007
(33 days) 		Thomas Nelson B 111 July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007
111 years, 185 days 		Texas
January 9, 2007 February 8, 2007
(30 days) 		Antonio Pierro W 110 February 22, 1896 – February 8, 2007
110 years, 351 days 		Massachusetts
February 8, 2007 December 27, 2008
(1 year, 323 days) 		George Francis B 110 – 112 June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008
112 years, 204 days 		California
December 27, 2008 April 14, 2011
(2 years, 108 days) 		Walter Breuning W 112 – 114 September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011
114 years, 205 days 		Montana
April 14, 2011 July 25, 2012
(1 year, 102 days) 		Shelby Harris B 110 – 111 March 31, 1901 – July 25, 2012
111 years, 116 days 		Illinois
July 25, 2012 July 5, 2013
(345 days) 		James McCoubrey W 110 – 111 September 13, 1901 – July 5, 2013
111 years, 295 days 		California
July 5, 2013 Present†
(4539 days) 		Salustiano Sanchez W 110 born June 8, 1901

age 123 years, 203 days

Living in New York

† If Salustiano Sanchez's age is verified, he - not James McCoubrey - will have succeeded Shelby Harris as the oldest living American male.

People

Ann Pouder

photo of Ann Pouder published in National Geographic Society Magazine June 1919.

Ann Pouder née Ann Alexander (London, United Kingdom April 8, 1807 – Baltimore, Maryland, United States July 10, 1917) was one of the first recognized supercentenarians in the world. Her age at death was 110 years, 93 days.[39] When Pouder was twelve years old, her family immigrated to the United States. There she lived the following 98 years of her life in Baltimore, Maryland. She married, although became a widow very early and had no children. Her extreme longevity claim was certified by Alexander Graham Bell.[40] In her last few months, she was bedridden, blind, and almost deaf, but her mind remained sharp.[41]

Fannie Thomas

Fannie Leona Thomas (April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981) was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest living American supercentenarian. As the Shigechiyo Izumi case was later disputed, Thomas may in fact have been the world's oldest person when she died at 113 years and 283 days.[1]

Preceded by Oldest undisputed person ever
November 16, 1980 – May 13, 1985 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Marie-Virginie Duhem
 Oldest recognized living woman
April 25, 1978 – January 22, 1981 		Succeeded by
Augustine Teissier

Florence Homan

Florence Homan (November 18, 1893 – August 13, 2006) was Ohio's oldest person since May 23, 2006, and was listed in Guinness World Records (2007 edition) as one of the top 15 world's oldest living people at the time. Her ranking had been tied for 12th before she died at the age of 112 years and 268 days, which at the time was older than the then oldest living persons in France (112), the United Kingdom (111) and Germany (110). Born Florence Wilker, she married Arthur Homan in 1941. He died in 1988. Due to the late marriage, they had no children. She lived on her own until age 105, when she moved into a nursing home.[42][43]

Mary McKinney

Mary Elizabeth "Mamie"[44] McKinney born Wallace (May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987) was briefly recognized by Guinness as the world's oldest person. Following the death of fellow 113-year-old Mamie Eva Keith in September 1986, she became the "world's oldest person" according to the Guinness Book of Records. However, her own death five months later in Sacramento, California, meant that she never appeared in the record book, even though her Guinness recognition made the news. She lived for 113 years and 248 days.

Preceded by Oldest recognized living person
September 20, 1986 – February 2, 1987 		Succeeded by

Florence Knapp

Florence Knapp (October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988) was, for the last two weeks of her life, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person in the world.[45]

Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, she lived in nearby Montgomery Square much of her life and came from a large and long-lived family, eight of her siblings dying in their 80s and 90s and one sister reaching age 108.

By October 1987, when she was honored by the Pennsylvania legislature, she was recognized by Guinness as the oldest person in the United States, and the death of Anna Eliza Williams on December 27, 1987, meant that Knapp became the oldest verified recognized living person. Her death just 15 days after meant that she never appeared in a Guinness Book as the oldest living person.

Her death caused some confusion as to who her successor was, with Guinness recognition and press publicity alighting first on Orpha Nusbaum (August 1875 – March 1988), who died before the 1989 edition's deadline, then Birdie May Vogt (August 1876 – July 1989), who appeared in the 1989 edition's main text, then Jeanne Calment, mentioned in the addenda section, and finally in November 1988 on Carrie C. White, whose claim to birth in November 1874 was accepted. However, with recent census research calling White's authentication into question, Calment may very well have been Florence Knapp's actual immediate successor.

Knapp is listed as one of the 75 longest lived people ever; her lifespan is tied with that of Elena Slough.

Preceded by Oldest recognized living person
December 27, 1987 – January 11, 1988 		Succeeded by

Flossie Elizabeth Page

Flossie Elizabeth Page née Bishop (June 12, 1893 – February 22, 2006)[46] was an American supercentenarian who broke the record for the oldest person of Kansas on record on February 9, 2006, the previous record of 112 years, 241 days having been set by Katherine Jones in 1992, and died exactly two weeks after achieving this feat. She was born in Haven, Kansas, and died in Butler County.[47][48][49][50]

The UCLA-based Gerontology Research Group ranked Page as the sixth-oldest person in the U.S. and eleventh in the world when she died,[51] aged 112 years and 255 days.[52]

After graduating from high school, she taught at a one room school house near Lewis, and later worked at the War Risk Insurance Department in Washington, D.C. upon the start of World War I. Page married Fredric William Page in 1926, who died in 1967. She attributed her longevity to living a moral life, and taking no medication whatsoever.[52]

Wilhelmina Geringer Kott

Wilhelmina Kott née Geringer (March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994) was an American supercentenarian recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in its 1995 edition, following the death of Margaret Skeete. Born in Peru, Illinois, as one of 16 children to George and Sophia Geringer, she moved to Chicago in 1881, where she lived almost her entire life and subsequently died.

Her age was subject to a one-year discrepancy. Guinness recognized her as born in 1879 (based on the 1900 Census), but later research by the SSA study showed that she was listed as two months old in the 1880 Census, making her age more likely 114, not 115.

As of October 2011, Kott is listed as one of the 60 longest lived people ever.

Mary Bidwell

Mary Electa Bidwell née Nobel (May 19, 1881– April 25, 1996)[53] was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years 342 days on April 25, 1996. She is currently the 34rd oldest verified person ever. She was also the oldest person ever to die in Connecticut.[54][55][56]

Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel.[55] She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.[54]

Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut, until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.[53][56] She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.

Carrie Lazenby

Carrie Lazenby née Jenkins (February 9, 1882 – September 14, 1996) was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years, 218 days, making her the 45th oldest person on record (tied with Japanese woman Ura Koyama on April 5, 2005), the sixteenth-oldest American person on record, and the seventh-oldest African American person on record. Lazenby's record as the oldest person ever in Georgia was surpassed by Gertrude Baines, on November 11, 2008.

As of May 2012, Lazenby is listed as one of the 50 longest lived people ever.

Maggie Barnes

Maggie Pauline Barnes née Hinnant (March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)[57] was an American supercentenarian. She was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina. Barnes died from complications following a minor foot infection.[58] Barnes, who was born to a slave and married a tenant farmer, was survived by four children; 11 of her children preceded her in death.[58]

Some dispute exists as to her date of birth. Though the family Bible gives the 1882 date, she is listed as having been born in 1881 by the 1900 US Census, and she is listed as having been born in 1880 on her marriage license.[58] Authenticating to the latter of those dates, Barnes was 115 years, 319 days old when she died.

Barnes is the 10th oldest person on record.

Johnson Parks

Johnson Parks (October 15, 1884 – July 17, 1998) is the oldest undisputed person to die in Florida and one out of only two black men (the other one is James Sisnett) who indisputably reached age 113. At the time of his death, he was 113 years, 275 days.

Johnson Parks only held the oldest living man title for 85 days, making him one of the shortest tenure of oldest living man, but there are shorter: Herman Smith-Johannsen held it for 22 days, Henry Allingham for 29 days, James McCoubrey for 23 days and Jokichi Igarashi for 18 days.

At the time of his death, as the 5th oldest person in the world, Parks was the second oldest undisputed male ever, behind only Christian Mortensen.

Parks is in the top 10 oldest men ever. Even today, 15 years after his death, Parks still retains his title of the world's oldest undisputed black man ever.

Records
Preceded by Oldest recognized living man
April 25, 1998 – July 17, 1998 		Succeeded by

Clara Huhn

Clara Huhn née Herling (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 2000) was an American homemaker and supercentenarian. Born in a home near Clarkson, Nebraska, she lived near Schuyler for most of her life. She remained active, healthy and independent until the last few months of her life, and even answered an interview just before her 113th birthday. At age 113 years, 327 days, she is the oldest person on record born in Nebraska, but she was not the oldest person on record to die in that particular state, since she died in La Mesa, California. The title of the oldest person on record to die in Nebraska belongs to Helen Stetter, who died on June 1, 2007, at age 113 years, 195 days.[59]

Huhn is listed as one of the 104 undisputed longest lived people ever.

Delvina Dahlheimer

Mary Delvina Dahlheimer née Morissette (December 31, 1888[60] – March 13, 2002)[61] was an American supercentenarian. Delvina lived alone until entering Guardian Angels Care Center at age 101, where she lived out the rest of her days.[61] Dahlheimer's Minnesota state record title was surpassed by Catherine Hagel on February 9, 2008. Incidentally, Hagel was the sister-in-law of Dahlheimer. Hagel died on December 6, 2008, aged 114, the third-oldest living person in the world at the time.

Mae Harrington

Mae Harrington née Maxwell (January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002) was an American supercentenarian who became the world's oldest living person upon the death of Adelina Domingues. Harrington was also the oldest living American and the oldest person ever from the state of New York, breaking the record held since the 1920s by then world's oldest person Delina Filkins, also 113, but her own record was subsequently broken in 2005 by Grace Thaxton, who was born in the state before moving to and dying in Kentucky. Because her age was not authenticated during her lifetime, the public recognition she was due went to another 113-year-old, Mary Parr (January 29, 1889 – October 29, 2002), who was born nine days after her, dying two months before her, as her age was only validated posthumously.[62]

After her death, Mary Christian became the oldest living person in the United States, and Yukichi Chuganji became the oldest living person.

Records
Preceded by
Adelina Domingues
 Oldest undisputed living person
August 21, 2002 – December 29, 2002 		Succeeded by

Elena Slough

Elena Proctor Slough née Rodenbaugh (July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003)[63] was the oldest recognized person in the United States from the death of Mary Christian on April 20, 2003, until Slough's own death that following October, six months later. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was Charlotte Benkner.[63]

Some sources date her birth to 1888, but the oldest records state that she was born in 1889.[64]

As of May 2013, Slough is listed as the joint 71st oldest person ever.

Mary Margaret Smith

Mary Margaret Smith (October 7, 1893 – May 23, 2006) was an American supercentenarian and, at the time of her death at age 112 years and 228 days, Ohio's oldest verified living person. Smith also ranked fifth in the United States and was the 13th oldest person in the world. She was born in Pittsburgh and moved to Ohio in 1898. Smith had two husbands. She lived on her own until age 95 and did not move into a nursing home until the age of 108.[65]

She was listed in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records as one of the top-15 oldest people in the world, and died in Jefferson, Ohio.

Consuelo Moreno-López

Consuelo Moreno-López (February 5, 1893 – November 13, 2004) was born in Northern Morocco (then under Spanish protectorate) to Spanish parents.[66] She later emigrated to the United States in 1960. She died stateside, aged 111 years and 282 days, as the result of an adverse reaction to a flu shot. Moreno-López holds the longevity record for Morocco, which declared its independence in 1956.[67][68]

Grace Thaxton

Grace Thaxton née Menges (June 18, 1891 – July 6, 2005) was a supercentenarian, the oldest person in Kentucky, the fourth-oldest person in the U.S. and the sixth-oldest documented person in the world at the time of her death at age 114.[69]

Moreover, Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert (1915-2011) turn 90 on July 12, 2005. Thaxton is listed as one of the 90 longest lived people ever.

Bettie Wilson

Bettie Antry Wilson née Rutherford (September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006)[70] became the oldest verified living person in the United States with the death of 114-year-old Emma Verona Johnston on December 1, 2004. She lost this designation when the age of Elizabeth Bolden was verified in April 2005. Both were born in the rural South—where they lived less than 100 miles apart.

Born of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford, she is the oldest resident of the state of Mississippi ever recorded (the previous record was 113 years, 12 days set in 1994). Her oldest son, Will Rogers, was said to have been born (October 27, 1909 – October 21, 2008) making him 98 years old himself at the time (although the 1930 census lists him as 19 years old in April 1930, indicating that he was 95 instead). In late April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations.

Wilson celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, at which time she ranked as the third-oldest living person in the world.

Wilson died at her New Albany home on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days. She was survived by the aforementioned son (1909–2008), five grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 38 great-great-great grandchildren.

As of June 2013, Wilson is listed as one of the 20 longest lived people ever.

Marion Higgins

Marion Higgins née Bigelow (June 26, 1893 in New York City, New York – March 2, 2006 in Seal Beach, California) was an American supercentenarian. At an early age, she moved to Maine, and later on to California. She attended the University of Puget Sound and later returned to California.[71]

On May 29, 2005, Marion was recognized as California's oldest living person, four weeks shy of 112, following the death of Margaret Russell, aged 112.

Her memory was remarkable for a person her age. She could remember from age one, and recite poems backwards. Moreover, she wrote her first book herself at the 'tender' age of 102.[72]

Marion died from congestive heart failure, aged 112 years and 249 days. She was ranked as sixth-oldest in the U.S. and 11th in the world at the time of her death.

Grace Nelsen Jones

Grace Rebecca Jones née Nelsen (June 4, 1893 – April 24, 2006)[1] was ranked as the world's 10th-oldest person at the time of her death.[73]

Thomas Nelson, Sr.

Thomas D. Nelson, Sr. (July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007) was, at age 111, the oldest living man in the United States and the second-oldest man in the world from December 7, 2006 (the death of Moses Hardy), for one month until his own death.

He had been living in Port Arthur, Texas, since the early 1930s. He opened a candy shop in the mid-1930s, and worked there for more than 60 years.[74][75]

Delphia Spencer Hankins

Delphia Hankins née Spencer (July 23, 1896 – October 17, 2007) was an American supercentenarian. Hankins was the oldest person in Mississippi at the time of her death at age 111.

She was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi.[76] to Henry Jackson Spencer and Samantha Fikes Spencer.[76] In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Curtis Hankins; her brothers, Bobby, Kip, Grady, Chester and Curtis Spencer; and a son who died in infancy.

Hankins had been a resident of Aberdeen, Mississippi, from 1942 until 2000.[76] She worked at Aberdeen Hospital and at Dr. Murphree's Clinic,[76] and then a homemaker until she was 104.[76] Afterwards, she moved to West Point, Mississippi, where she spent the last seven years of her life.[76]

Delphia Hankins died at the Dugan Memorial Home in West Point.[76] At the time of her death she was survived by two daughters, Olema Poss of West Point and Kathryn Crump of Aberdeen; a son, W.D. Hankins of Aberdeen; twenty-seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

George Francis

George Rene Francis (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)[77][78] was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman Henry Allingham, until Francis's death aged 112 years, 204 days. He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of Antonio Pierro on February 8, 2007. Francis was from New Orleans, Louisiana, but since 1949 lived in Sacramento, California, where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life.[79] He credited his longevity to nature, and enjoyed a rich diet of pork, eggs, milk and lard. He gave up smoking cigars at the age of 75.[80][dead link‍]

Francis attempted to join the army in World War I but was rejected for service in 1918 as being too short and small (he weighed only about 100 pounds (45.35 kg)). Despite this, he later was a boxer before becoming a barber and then a chauffeur. Francis claimed to have met Louis Armstrong and Booker T. Washington and to have seen Babe Ruth hit a home run. His wife died in 1964. At the time of his death, Francis was listed as one of the 20 oldest verified men ever.

Olivia Patricia Thomas

Olivia Patricia Thomas née Trevellyan (June 29, 1895 – November 16, 2009) was, at age 114, the world's third oldest verified living person,[81] following the death of Gertrude Baines on September 11, 2009. Thomas was the second oldest American (and the oldest born in the United States, as Mary Josephine Ray was born in Canada).[81] She moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1946 and went on to become the oldest living person in the state of New York.

On October 25, 2009, Thomas became the oldest person born in Iowa, surpassing the 114 years, 117 lifespan of Emma Verona Johnston in 2004. On December 22, 2009, Neva Morris aged 114 years, 141 days surpassed Thomas as the oldest verified Iowan ever.

Thomas is listed as one of the 65 longest-lived people ever.[27]

Jose Perez Rivera

Jose Perez Rivera died July 7, 2013 in Deltona, Florida. He was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 21, 1898, according to a birth certificate his family showed to The Daytona Beach News-Journal newspaper. According to UCLA professor L. Stephen Coles of the Gerontology Research Group, if Rivera's age can be verified, he would have been the oldest person living in the United States at the time of his death.[82] Robert Young, a senior gerontology consultant for Guinness World Records, says he may have been closer to 100 years old.[83]

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