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President William McKinley was the first president to ride in an automobile, but it was not until the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt that the first government-owned automobile was used, a white Stanley Steamer.[1] Roosevelt's successor, William Howard Taft purchased a White Motor Company Model M Steamer as his official car, and converted the White House stable into an automobile garage.[2][3] Taft also ordered a pair of Pierce-Arrows to be used for official state occasions. President Woodrow Wilson also favored cars over horse-drawn carriages,[1] and was one of the first chief executives to ride in a Cadillac during a World War I victory parade through the streets of Boston. In 1921, President Warren Harding was the first to ride to his inauguration in a car, a Packard Twin-Six,[1] and a lavish 1928 Cadillac town car was used by his successor, President Calvin Coolidge # ^ ab c d e"The President's Motorcade". The White House (Clinton Administration archived version). Fall 1998. http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/fall98-4.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-19. # ^ Michael L. Bromley, William Howard Taft and the First Motoring Presidency, 1909-1913, New York: McFarland & Co. 2007 # ^ The Washington Post, Mar 14 1909

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