Presidential Trivia Answers (May 24 & 25)

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(1) QUESTION: Which President was the first to have photos of himself distributed during his election campaign?

ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln. Technology had made significant advances, and Lincoln’s campaign took advantage! The 1860 campaign was the first in which photographs of a candidate were distributed widely.

(2) QUESTION: Which President was the first to have electricity in the White House?

ANSWER: Benjamin Harrison. Apparently, he and Mrs. Harrison were afraid of being shocked by the light switches, so they asked the White House staff to operate them.

(3) QUESTION: Which President had the first phone installed in the White House?

ANSWER: Rutherford B. Hayes had a phone installed in the White House, but there was no phone in the Oval Office until Herbert Hoover had one installed there in March 1929.