what is the oldest company in the dow jones index
General Electric
title: Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average text: Kodak, Goodyear, Hudson Motor, Liggett & Myers, Standard Oil of California, and United Air Transport. North American was replaced by Johns-Manville. Wright Aeronautical merged with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company to become Curtiss-Wright. Postum Inc. changed its name to General Foods. Victor Talking Machine was replaced by NCR. The index was expanded to thirty companies. American Car and Foundry, American Locomotive, AT&T, United Drug, U.S. Rubber, and Western Union were replaced. Atlantic Refining, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Railway Signal, Goodrich, International Nickel, Nash Motors, North American, Postum Incorporated, Radio Corporation of America, Standard Oil (NJ), Texas Gulf Sulphur, Union title: Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average text: only. AlliedSignal Incorporated merged with and changed its name to Honeywell International. Upon merging with Mobil, Exxon Corporation changed its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation, J.P. Morgan & Company changed its name to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing changed its name to 3M Company, Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to Altria Group, Incorporated. Chevron, Goodyear, Sears Roebuck, and Union Carbide were replaced by Home Depot, Intel, Microsoft, and SBC Communications. Travelers and Citicorp merge under the name Citigroup. Bethlehem Steel, Texaco, Westinghouse, and Venator (then known as Woolworth; name changed to Foot Locker in 2001) title: Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average text: Co. were replaced by American Tobacco, DuPont, Mack Trucks, and Sears Roebuck. American Beet Sugar was replaced by Corn Products. The index was expanded to twenty companies. General Motors, National Lead, Peoples Gas and U.S. Steel (Preferred) were removed. American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Locomotive, AT&T, Baldwin Locomotive, Goodrich, Republic Iron, Studebaker, Texas Company, Utah Copper, Western Union, Westinghouse Electric were added. Amalgamated Copper reorganized under the name Anaconda Copper. U.S. Rubber (First Preferred) was replaced by General Motors. Colorado Fuel was replaced by Central Leather. Tennessee Coal was replaced by General Electric. U.S. Leather (Preferred) was replaced by title: Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average text: Carbide, Victor Talking Machine, Westinghouse Electric, and Wright Aeronautical were added. Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation changed its name to Paramount Publix. Remington was replaced by United Drug. Kennecott was replaced by Remington.<br> Mack Trucks (stock dividend) was replaced by Mack Trucks (ex-stock dividend). U.S. Realty and Westinghouse Electric were replaced by Allied Chemical and Paramount. Anaconda Copper, Baldwin Locomotive, DuPont, Standard Oil of California, and Studebaker were replaced by General Motors, International Harvester, Kennecott, Texas Co., and U.S. Realty. Republic Iron was replaced by Woolworth. Utah Copper was replaced by Standard Oil, California. Central Leather, Corn Products, Goodrich, and Texas title: Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average text: Johns-Manville was replaced by American Express. Chrysler and Esmark were replaced by IBM and Merck. Anaconda Copper was replaced by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing. International Nickel changed its name to Inco, Swift & Company changed its name to Esmark, Standard Oil (NJ) changed its name to Exxon Corporation, United Aircraft changed its name to United Technologies Corporation. American Smelting, Corn Products, National Distillers, and National Steel were replaced by Aluminum Company of America, Anaconda Copper, Owens-Illinois, and Swift. Texas Company changed its name to Texaco Incorporated. Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation shortened its name to Allied Chemical Corporation. Loew's was