2006-11-10 08:00:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the White House in 1800, shortly before it was completed. He lived there through the end of his term in 1801.
2006-11-10 08:04:07 · answer #1 · answered by gerlach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President John Adams was the first President to live in the White House.
2006-11-10 16:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Adams was the first president to live in the White House, from November to the end of 1800.
2006-11-10 16:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by Em E 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
President John Adams in 1800
2006-11-10 16:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Adams became the first president to take residence in the building on November 1, 1800. During Adams' second day in the house he wrote a letter to his wife Abigail, containing a prayer for the house.
1800-1801
2006-11-10 16:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by Garfield J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adams moved in in 1800, it was damp, undone and pretty miserable.
You can read about it in David McCullough's John Adams.
Great book, you have to keep in mind that Washington was a swamp at the time---a real swamp, not the smelling quagmire it is now...:-)
2006-11-10 17:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by Lori 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
John Adams november 1,1800.
the white house got its name when construction was finished the porous sandstone walls were coated with a mixture of lime, rice glue, casein, and lead, giving the house its familiar color and name.
2006-11-10 16:09:36 · answer #7 · answered by Suki_Sue_Curly_Q 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tomas Jefferson 1776
2006-11-10 16:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋