The Presidential Mansion
Yes, he did. The White House had to be rebuilt after the British torched in 1814 and Monroe was able to move in, in the fall of 1817.
James Monroe
President James Monroe was the first to have a White House wedding for his daughter in 1820.
James Monroe's daughter Maria Monroe had the first White House wedding, but Grover Cleveland was the first president to get married in the White House.
James Monroe moved into the White House (then called the Executive Mansion) in October 1817, while it was still being rebuilt after being destroyed by British troops in August 1814.
The new White House was finished in time for President James Monroe's inauguration in 1817 so it would have been James Madison.
The President's home was called The Executive Mansion or the President Palace.One Hundred and Seven Years ago (today) Oct 12, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt decided to call it "The White House" because during the war of 1812 the British BURNT down the White House. they rebuilt and painted it white.Source: CBS TV Sunday morning program "Good Morning"
The president. It was called the "president"s house".
James Monroe was a president that had a Monroe doctrine to himself. He married a woman named Elizabeth and had 3 kids married in the white house named Eliza, Maria, and Hester
Although originally called the President's Palace, the Presidential Mansion, or the President's House, the formal name was the Executive Mansion. References to the home as the White House appear as early as 1811. President Theodore Roosevelt made formal the usage in 1901 when he had the "White House" name added to the official stationery.
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President Madison lived in what is now called the Octagon House located at 18th Street and New York Avenue in Washington. Colonel John Tayloe owned the house at the time, in 1814 and offered it as a temporary Executive Mansion.