Jacob Van Aernam

Historical marker location:

871 Altamont-Voorheesville Road, Guilderland, New York

( Marker is on Altamont-Voorheesville Road (New York State Route 156) 0.4 miles north of Brandle Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1954

The first woman to vote in a United States presidential election was a resident of Rochester, New York named Susan B. Anthony. She cast her ballot in the 1872 election, for which she was arrested and fined.