John Painter
John Painter (left)
Born	September 20, 1888 Tennessee, United States
Died	March 1, 2001 Tennessee, United States

John Painter (Tennessee, September 20, 1888 - March 1, 2001) died aged 112 years and 162 days. At his death he was (posthumously) recognized as the oldest American veteran, as a result of the USA's SSA supercentenarian study. Mr. Painter was also the last surviving U.S. World War I veteran to be born in the 1880s. Only recently he was also proclaimed to have been the world's oldest man at the time. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110 years or more, something achieved by only one in a thousand centenarians (0. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...

The June 1900 Census listed him as born in September 1888, while the 1910 Census said he was 19, and the 1920 Census said he was 28 years old. But because the oldest document was closer to the birth event, it is more likely to be correct. 1900 US Census The Twelfth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21. ... 1880 US Census of Hoboken, New Jersey The United States Census is mandated by the United States Constitution[1]. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats (congressional apportionment), electoral votes, and government program funding. ... The Thirteenth United States Census was taken in 1910. ... The Fourteenth United States Census was taken in 1920. ...

Early life & war service

John George Painter was bron on a farm in Jackson County, Tennessee. Painter attended school as a child and work on the farm. In 1917, Painter enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 29. Painter was a part of the Battery D the 115th Artillery Battalion and saw action at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and hauled ammunition and artillery supplies including field guns. He transported all the supplies on horses or mules. 80 days after the Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918, Painter recieved the highest French honor, the Légion d'honneur award, the Croix de Guerre and recieved the Tennessee Distinguished Award and only five other Tennessee World War I veterans were awarded that. During the war, Painter had to leave his son Sean Humphrey Painter when he went to war. Painter was discharged from service on April 12, 1919 after serving in the United States Army for two years. Jackson County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Combatants United States German Empire Commanders John J. Pershing Georg von der Marwitz Strength American Expeditionary Force German Fifth Army Casualties 26,277 killed 95,786 wounded 122,066 total 28,000 killed 92,250 wounded 120,250 total The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the final offensive of World War... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... A barren of mules. ... Front page of the New York Times on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918, and marked the end of the First World War on the Western Front. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of both Belgium and France which was first created in 1915. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

Later life

After the war, Painter got married to his childhood and former sweetheart Gillie Watson and adopted to daughters. Also Painter pursued his career as being a blacksmith. On November 19, 1999, Painter was recognized as the world's oldest man at age 111. On September 20, 2000, Bart Gordon, representative from Tennessee, read the following proclamation in honor of John's 112th birthday: Painter was the world's oldest recognized man for about a year and four months from November 15, 1999 until his death on March 1, 2001 and died at age 112. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barton Jennings Bart Gordon (born January 24, 1949) is a politician from the state of Tennessee, representing the states 6th Congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...

• Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wish a happy 112th birthday to Tennessee's oldest surviving World War I veteran, John George Painter of Hermitage Springs. He is also believed to be the nation's oldest surviving veteran.

Antonio Urrea Hernandez (February 16, 1888 - November 15, 1999) from Murcia, Spain, became the oldest man in Spain on the death of Manuel Melchor in July 1996, the oldest recognized man in Europe on the death of Italian Antonio Baldo in August 1998, and the oldest recognized man in the... The longest unambiguously documented lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875-1997), who was aged 122 years and 164 days at the time of her death. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio Todde (January 22, 1889 – January 3, 2002) was the oldest documented man in the world in 2001-2002 after the death of John Painter, and briefly the oldest person in the history of Italy. ...

References

• ↑ Staff writer. "News Briefs", Nashville City Paper, March 6, 2001. Retrieved on [[January 19, 2006]].
• ↑ Rep. Gordon (TN). “HONORING THE 112TH BIRTHDAY OF WORLD WAR I VETERAN JOHN PAINTER,” Congressional Record (20 Sep. 2000). Daily ed. E1539, as accessed from http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2000_record&page=E1539&position=all on January 19, 2006