Samuel Clemens first adopted the pen name 'Mark Twain' in 1863.
Sources
- Unswerving irregularity | USPTO (uspto.gov)
- https://www.marktwainhouse.org/about/mark-twain/mark-twain-biography/ (marktwainhouse.org)
- https://www.pbs.org/marktwain/l_mt/l_mt_pseudonym.html (pbs.org)
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