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The first SSNs were issued by the Social Security Administration in November 1936 as part of the New Deal Social Security program. By the end of 1937, over 37 million numbers had been issued

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The first SS-5 applications of a social security number were distributed to citizens (based on information from their employers) on Tuesday, November 24, 1936, after which 1,074 of the nation's 45,000 post offices were designated "typing centers" to type up social security cards which were then sent to Washington, D.C. On December 1, 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.^[17] Like many people whose number ended with "-0001", Sweeney had been the first person to have his information processed by a typing center in his area. He died in 1974 at the age of 61.

"John David Sweeney, Jr (055-09-0001) " **

The "lowest" social security number (001-01-0001) was the one issued to Grace D. Owen of Concord, New Hampshire (which had the 001 prefix), after two others declined to receive an "honorary" number.^[17] Miss Owen, later Mrs. Grace Muzzey, died in December 1975 at the age of 73.

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** http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/firstcard.html

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