It did not really have an official name, I think. People called it the executive mansion or the president's home. It was unofficially called the Whjte House for a long time before T. Roosevelt used that term on his official stationery.
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Theodore Roosevelt was the first to have the White House printed on his official stationery.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first to have "The White House" printed on his official stationery.
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Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to use "White House" on his official stationery and so perhaps gave it a more official status. I do not think Congress has ever acted to officially give the White House that name.
The White House is what president's official home is called. This used to be an unofficial name for the executive mansion but at some point became the name that is universally used. Theodore was the first to use "White House" on his official stationery.The official executive mansion provided as a home for US presidents is usually called the White House, located in Washington D.C.
President Theodore Roosevelt first used the name White House on his official stationery. I do not think any law was ever passed concerning an official name for the President's mansion. The name was in common usage for many years before Roosevelt.
It was President Theodore Roosevelt who was responsible for officially establishing The White House as the building's official name. Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first to put the term on his official stationery. People called it the White House almost from the time it was built.
People started calling it the White House after is was painted white as part of the restoration process following its burning by the British. Theodore Roosevelt was the first to use the words "White House" on his official presidential stationery.
People started calling it the White House after is was painted white as part of the restoration process following its burning by the British. Theodore Roosevelt was the first to use the words "White House" on his official presidential stationery.
Theodore Roosevelt in 1901.