White House Workers Timeline
When John and Abigail Adams became the first residents of the unfinished White House, which in 1800 had six habitable rooms,...
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When John and Abigail Adams became the first residents of the unfinished White House, which in 1800 had six habitable rooms,...
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
Following the close of World War II, Japan and the United States developed a close alliance and strategic and trade...
WASHINGTON, Thursday—I have just made the rounds of every room in the White House with Mrs. Nesbitt,1 the housekeeper. We...
The appearance of military uniforms on White House staff has seemed too threatening to please the public so except during...
WASHINGTON, Thursday—Like any other housewife, after a busy day, I have been taking stock of yesterday's activities! I wrote ye...
WASHINGTON, Friday—I arrived back in Washington yesterday morning and plunged into a vortex of inauguration preparations. I went to me...
In the summer of 1864, Kentuckian John Bullock called upon President Abraham Lincoln at the White House to make a personal...
When on March 4, 1817, James Monroe was inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States, the District of Columbia still...
December 12, 1874: First state dinner for a foreign head of state King David Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). Hosted by...
Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) was first lady from 1845 to 1849, during the administration of her husband, James Knox Polk. A fashion trendsetter, sh...
Throughout the history of the presidency, a president’s clothing choices have been influenced by a number of factors. Personal ba...