Warren Harding the 23rd President lost the entire set of white house china in a game of Poker
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It was Warren G. Harding who lost it in a poker bet.
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No, it has a red house.
A different name for the china room in the white house is diplomatic reception room
He lost all of the White House china in a poker game.
The Monroe China was the first official presidential china that was created specifially for an American president. This was after the white house was rebuilt after the war of 1812. First lady is the hostess to both national and international guests. Its her responsibility to plan such state dinners. http://www.firstladies.org/documents/PartyPoliticsbrochure-webcompress.pdf
His Excellency, Hu Jintao President of the People's Republic of China 9 Xihuang-Chenggen Beijie Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
Herbert Hoover and his wife both learned to speak Mandarin Chinese when they worked in China and reportedly spoke in that language when they did not want white house staff to know what they were talking about,
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President Nixon was the first president in American history to resign. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, he became the only president to resign from the office.