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Who was the first president to have a telephone in the White House?
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∙ 10y ago
Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House in 1879, The only place he could call was the Treasury since there were no switchboards in those day. Nonetheless Hayes saw great potential use for the telephone .
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∙ 10y agoRutherford B. Hayes was the first to have a telephone in the White House.
The phone was installed in 1877. The treasury department had the only other phone that was connected to the White House phone.
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∙ 9y agoIn October 9. 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call to his assistant, Thomas Watson. Former American Civil War general, Ulysses W. Grant, was the president. Ironically, Bell considered his invention an intrusion in his work day and refused to have a telephone in his laboratory.
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∙ 9y agoRutherford B. Hayes
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∙ 13y agoRutherford B. Hayes
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∙ 12y agoHAYES
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First, hi Cindy and thanks for asking such an interesting question. After Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, the first president to have one installed at the White House, around 1877, was Rutherford B. Hayes, so he was probably first to hear a telephone ring! I enclose a link to the story of how President Hayes got his telephone installed.
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