<P> On November 24 , 1936 , 1,074 of the nation 's 45,000 post offices were designated `` typing centers '' to type up Social Security cards that were then sent to Washington , D.C. On December 1 , 1936 , as part of the publicity campaign for the new program , Joseph L. Fay of the Social Security Administration selected a record from the top of the first stack of 1,000 records and announced that the first Social Security number in history was assigned to John David Sweeney , Jr. , of New Rochelle , New York . </P>
<P> On November 24 , 1936 , 1,074 of the nation 's 45,000 post offices were designated `` typing centers '' to type up Social Security cards that were then sent to Washington , D.C. On December 1 , 1936 , as part of the publicity campaign for the new program , Joseph L. Fay of the Social Security Administration selected a record from the top of the first stack of 1,000 records and announced that the first Social Security number in history was assigned to John David Sweeney , Jr. , of New Rochelle , New York . </P>
who got the very first social security number
who got the very first social security number
John David Sweeney , Jr.
John David Sweeney , Jr.