Notorious Historical American Firsts

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1. Who was the first American to be executed my means of electrocution In the electric chair? Edwin Davis Duffy Albert Southwick William Kemmler Harold P. Brown

2. Who was the first heavyweight boxing champion to be stripped of his title by all American boxing sanctioning boards? Mohammad Ali Jack Johnson Max Schmeling James Jeffries

3. When Robert Forsyth was killed by the Allen brothers, what notorious first in American history was established? first collection of a "wanted dead or alive" bounty first execution by a firing squad for treason first lynching of a suspected cattle rustler first law enforcement officer in the U.S. killed in the line of duty

4. Who was the first convicted presidential assassin to be legally executed for his crime? Charles Guiteau Leon Czolgosz John Wilkes Booth Lee Harvey Oswald

5. Who was the first crowned Miss America to be stripped of her title? Vanessa Williams Suzette Charles Bess Meyerson Kay Lani Rae Rafko

6. Who is responsible for the first unsolved hijacking of a commercial airliner? Melvin Purvis all hijackings have been solved Floyd Kelly D.B. Cooper

7. Who was considered to be the first American mass killer? Robert Sherlock Richard Speck H. H. Holmes Naser M. Noori

8. Who was the first American naval captain to be court-martialed for having his ship sunk in wartime? John Paul Jones Charles P. McVay Chester A. Nimitz Davey Jones

9. Who was the first alleged presidential assassin to be involved in second murder on the same day? Lee Harvey Oswald Leon Czolgosz John Wilkes Booth Leon Guiteau

10. Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached? Warren G. Harding Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton