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Lincoln spoke generally about the human cost of war
The first president to appear on television was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He spoke on April 30th, 1939 at the opening ceremonies of the World's Fair, but Harry Truman was the first president to give an address from the White House, occurring in 1947.
Herbert Hoover spoke Chinese with his wife when they did not want to be overheard in the White House.
Ronald Reagan had that nickname. Interestingly, in the 1930s, he was a radio announcer, and used the air-name "Dutch Reagan."
That last president that spoke a foreign language fluently was Herbert Hoover. He spoke the Chinese language absolutely beautifully. jimmy Carter could some speak Spanish- I do not know how fluently.