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First telephone installed in the Oval Office
Some White House history for your day:
President Herbert Hoover had the first telephone installed in the Oval Office on March 29, 1929. 
The Oval Office used by President Hoover is not the current Oval Office.
FDR moved the President’s official office to its current location to make it wheelchair accessible.
Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House in 1879.
Shown here, the original Oval Office telephone.  It now resides in West Branch, Iowa at the Hoover Library.
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First telephone installed in the Oval Office

Some White House history for your day:

  • President Herbert Hoover had the first telephone installed in the Oval Office on March 29, 1929. 
  • The Oval Office used by President Hoover is not the current Oval Office.
  • FDR moved the President’s official office to its current location to make it wheelchair accessible.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House in 1879.

Shown here, the original Oval Office telephone.  It now resides in West Branch, Iowa at the Hoover Library.

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