With a billionaire businessman taking on the first-ever woman to run for president with a major party, the U.S. election in November is poised to deliver some historic firsts, no matter who wins the White House.
Americans will head to the polls on Nov. 8, when they'll elect one candidate who will make history: Republican Donald Trump, or Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Here are some of the historic firsts these candidates have already achieved, and others they stand poised to achieve if the election goes their way.
New York versus New York
Sports fans might be used to seeing New York-versus-New York scenarios (Islanders vs. Rangers, Jets vs. Giants, Mets vs. Yankees), but it's an uncommon matchup in the U.S. presidential race.
This year's contest for the White House is the first time two New York-based candidates have been pitted against each other since 1944, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated fellow New Yorker Thomas E. Dewey. It will also inevitably lead to the first New Yorker as president since FDR.
Donald Trump was born in Queens, N.Y., and lists his home residence as New York City. Hillary Clinton was born in Chicago but as Chappaqua, N.Y. She also represented New York in the Senate from 2001-2009.
First true 'outsider' president in decades
If Donald Trump wins the election, he would become the first president in more than 60 years to take office without any prior political experience.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the last person to start his political career in the Oval Office, after making the jump from the military in 1953. Engineer and humanitarian Herbert Hoover also served a term in office from 1929 to 1933, without any official political experience.
First woman president
After decades of working her way up the ladder in U.S. politics, Hillary Clinton could make history on Nov. 8 as the first-ever female president of the United States. All 44 previously-elected presidents have been men, and 43 have been white, with Barack Obama as the exception.
Not only would Clinton become the first female president, she'd also become the first woman on a major party ticket to be elected. Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro came the closest to the Oval Office before Clinton. Palin was Republican John McCain's running-mate in 2008, while Ferraro was Democrat Walter Mondale's pick for VP, in 1984. Ferraro was the first woman to on a major party ticket.
A Democrat double-up
If Hillary Clinton wins, she would become just the third Democrat to succeed another Democrat as president in an election.
The previous two, Lyndon B. Johnson (who succeeded John F. Kennedy), and Harry S. Truman (who succeeded FDR), took over when their presidents died, then won re-election.
First Man? First Gentleman?
Bill Clinton has already held the title of President of the United States, but if Hillary wins, Bill will become the first-ever male spouse of a president. And since he can't be the first lady, he'll have to take a different title.
Some have suggested he should be known as the "first man" or "first gentleman," while others have raised the possibility of calling him the "first consort." Whatever he chooses, he could also continue to go by "Mr. President," as all former presidents are afforded the title as a courtesy in the U.S.
Bill Clinton will be setting the precedent for all those to follow.
Additionally, if Hillary Clinton is elected, she and her husband would become the first-ever couple to swap roles of president and first spouse.
First-ever first lady with English as a second language
If Trump takes the White House, his wife Melania would become the only first lady in U.S. history whose native language is not English. She was born in Slovenia and grew up speaking Slovenian, although she is also fluent in English, French, Serbian and German.
Melania would also be the second foreign-born first lady in history. John Quincy Adams' wife, Louisa, became the first when her husband took office in 1825. Louisa Adams was born in England.
Oldest elected president
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the oldest U.S. presidential candidates ever, and Trump, who turned 70 last June, would become the oldest-ever president at inauguration if he wins. If Clinton were to win, she would be the second-oldest, behind Ronald Reagan (69 years, 11 months) and ahead of William Henry Harrison (68 years, three weeks).
Clinton's 69th birthday was on Oct. 26.
