Thomas Jefferson 1801 --- First US
president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
Sam Patch 1829 --- First first known person to survive the jump off
of Niagara Falls.
Edward Smith 1831 --- First indicted bank robber in the US. He was
sentenced to five years hard labor on the rock pile at Sing Sing
Prison.
William Henry Harrison 1841 --- First US president to die in office.
At 32 days, he also had the shortest term in office.
Elizabeth Blackwell 1849 --- First woman to receive medical degree
in US. (from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y.)
Jefferson Long 1870 --- First African American elected to U.S. House
of Representatives, Georgia.
Victoria Woodhall 1872 --- First woman to run for President of the
US.
Grover Cleveland 1886 --- First President married inside the White
House.
William Kemmler 1890 --- First criminal to be executed by
electrocution (in Auburn N.Y. Prison)
Annie Moore 1892 --- First immigrant to pass through Ellis Island.
She was 15 years old and from County Cork, Ireland.
Queen Isabella of Spain 1893 --- First woman to appear on a US
postage stamp.
John J. McDermott 1897 --- First annual Boston Marathon winner - the
first of its type in the US. (Winning time was 2:55:10 vs. 2012
winning time of 2:3:2.