Electricity was first used in the White House in 1891. The president of that time was Benjamin Harrison. Apparently, he and his First Lady feared electrocution and always had a member of the Presidential staff turn the lights on and off.
It cannot be said with certainty that Frederick Douglass was the first African American invited to the White House. Certainly Douglass was the first African American **leader** invited for a formal interview, or audience, with the President.
Gerald Ford was the only president to ever lock himself out of the white house :)
Grover Cleveland.
Thomas Jefferson
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The president who installed electric lights in the White House but never turned them off due to a fear of electric shocks was William Howard Taft. He was the first president to use electric lighting in the White House, which was installed in 1891, long before he took office in 1909. Taft's fear of electricity was so strong that he left the lights on continuously during his presidency.
Benjamin Harrison had the first Christmas tree with electric lighting and may have had the first indoor Xmas tree. He was the president when electric lights were put in , in 1891,
John Adams was the first US president to live in the White House.
Yes. He was the second US President, but the first US President to occupy the White House.
President Benjamin Harrison was the first president to use electricity in the white house. He was not fond of the convenience.
President James Monroe was the first to have a White House wedding for his daughter in 1820.
The first president to stay at the White House was John Q. Adams.
The first president to have a bird as one of his pets in the White House was William McKinley.
The first president to live in the White House was John Adams.=D =D =D
In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge gave permission for the first Christmas tree on the White House lawn. The decorations used for this first Christmas tree were nearly 2500 electric bulbs in the colors, of red, white, and green.