Question: Who created the soft drink that is older than Hires Root Beer?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Vernors is a ginger flavored soft drink and the oldest surviving ginger ale brand in the United States. It was created in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Hires Root Beer is a soft drink which is marketed by Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Introduced in 1876, it is considered the second longest continuously made soft drink in the United States. Only Vernors Ginger Ale , dating to 1866, is older. [END] 
Answer: 
James Vernor
James Vernor