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? Albert Southwick Edwin Davis Duffy Harold P. Brown William Kemmler

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

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

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

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

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

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? Davey Jones John Paul Jones Charles P. McVay Chester A. Nimitz

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

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