print email comment close Frequently Asked Questions: Age 65 Retirement URL: http://www.ssa.gov/history/age65.html Description: Brief article explaining the origins of the retirement age under U.S. Social Security as determined by the Committee on Economic Security (CES) in 1935. Also discusses the first "old-age social insurance program in 1889, designed by Germany's Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck." From the Social Security Administration (SSA). Publisher: Social Security Administration (SSA) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Old age pensions Retirement Retirement age LII Database Information: Record 19950 created by Jennifer English on 12/05/2005 Last modification on 12/08/2005 Published: 12/08/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19950