White House

There is no charge, but not just anyone can walk in. Tours are scheduled in advance and by appointment, and you have to contact your member of congress first, in order to get on the waiting list. There are a number of other regulations that you must agree to, in order to assure the security of the White House. I enclose a link with the information about how to get on the list to take the tour.

It is impossible to answer this question, because the world has hundreds of political leaders, some of whom are called presidents and others of whom are called prime ministers; there is no one objective standard to decide who is "the best." If you are asking about the United States, among the most popular presidents were George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. But "popular" doesn't necessarily mean the best-- many presidents had wonderful personalities and the public loved them at the time, but their policies later turned out to be wrong for the country. Also, some presidents were not popular (or were controversial) in their time, but are today considered great-- Abraham Lincoln is a good example.

She ordered that the portrait of George Washington be removed from the White House before the british came and burned the building down.

The first African American invited to the White House was Frederick Douglas, who was asked to come by Republican President, Abraham Lincoln in 1864. The first to be invited to an official function was Booker T. Washington. He was invited to a dinner by Republican President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. The first African American to be voted into the White House as President of the United States is Democrat, Barack Obama who was elected in 2008.

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the presidents duties include approving or dissaproving laws.

43 presidents

Thus far the US has 44 presidents. However, the actual Oval Office wasn't built until the west wing of the white house was remodelled in 1909. therefore, to date (2010), 18 presidents have been able to use it, the first being Taft.

The white house was burned down during the war of 1812. It has been suggested that it was in revenge for the arson and looting that happened during the battle of York, the capital of the british province of Upper Canada.

There are 435 voting members in the US House of Representatives.

John Adams, the second president, reportedly smoked cigars.

President John Adams and his wife Abigail were the first to live in the White House.

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The White House took 8 years to build and the first tenants were John and Abigail Adams in 1800, so it was started in 1792. When Adams and his wife moved in it still wasn't finished and had only 6 rooms finished. Mrs. Adams hung her laundry in the East Room that is now used for concerts, functions, weddings, and funerals.

For the first 78 years the White House was without plumbing and many first ladies complained about it. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison said it was filled with cockroaches. The cost of construction of the White House was 400,000 and was designed by James Hoban an Irishman from North Carolina. He won 500.00 for his design. Thomas Jefferson did the landscaping and Andrew Jackson changed the main entrance so it faces north instead of south. President Polk installed gas lights and Fillmore added central heating. President Buchanan added a greenhouse. In 1889 President Harrison installed a hot water heating system.

There are special rooms for arranging flowers, an upholstery shop and a special squad room. There is a theater and bowling alley. The swimming pool has been filled in. There are 20 bathrooms, 29 fireplaces, 147 windows, a TV studio and a huge kitchen. There are 2,000 electrical outlets, and 450 light fixtures, eight TV antennae and 500,000 feet of electrical wiring. The White House is dusted every day and there is a special person who does nothing but set and service all the clocks in the 25 bedrooms and other rooms of the house.

The White House has always been located in Washington D.C., which is not a state.

If the White House is open for visitation, you would write for a ticket from your US representative or senator. You would need to specify the date(s) that would work for you to do the tour. The tickets go fast, so contacting a lesser known representative is the way to go.

Because of terrorism concerns the White House is closed to the general public.

Theodore Roosevelt declined to have a Christmas tree set up in the White House. I do not think he actually banned them. He was concerned with forest conservation and possibly objected to cutting down trees just to keep them inside for a few weeks.

The British set fire to the White House in 1814 during the War of 1812 while James Madison was the president. The fire gutted the building and it took about four years to rebuild it.

In 1929, when Herbert Hoover was President, there was a major fire in the West Wing that destroyed the oval office, but did not affect the main White House.

The room where reporters gather in the White House is the James S Brady Press Briefing Room. The room seats 49 reporters with standing room in the back.

It is typically made of some type of starch mixed with water.

President John Adams was the first president to hold a fireworks display at the White House on July 4, 1801. Adams and his wife, Abigail, wanted to celebrate Independence Day with a grand event for the American people.

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