The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington,D.C.,it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia. "The White House" is also used as a metonym to refer to the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
John Nance Garner III,known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack",was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of the Democratic Party,Garner served as the 39th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933,having been a United States representative from Texas from 1903 to 1933. Garner and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as presiding officers of both chambers of the United States Congress —as speaker of the House and vice president of the United States.
The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States. Part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,it is in the West Wing of the White House,in Washington,D.C.
The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government,especially with regard to the president,senior aides and executives,as well as government policies.
Walter Trohan was a 20th-century American journalist,known as a long-time Chicago Tribune reporter (1929–1971) and its bureau chief in Washington,D.C. (1949–1968).
William Daniel Leahy was an American naval officer. The most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II,he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy. As a fleet admiral,he was the first flag officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The White House press corps is the group of journalists,correspondents,and members of the media usually assigned to the White House in Washington,D.C.,to cover the president of the United States,White House events,and news briefings. Its offices are located in the West Wing.
Howell Hiram Raines is an American journalist,editor,and writer. He was executive editor of The New York Times from 2001 until he left in 2003 in the wake of the scandal related to reporting by Jayson Blair. In 2008,Raines became a contributing editor for CondéNast Portfolio,writing the magazine's media column. After beginning his journalism career working for Southern newspapers,he joined The Times in 1978,as a national correspondent based in Atlanta. His positions included political correspondent and bureau chief in Atlanta and Washington,DC,before joining the New York City staff in 1993.
Fala,a Scottish Terrier,was the dog of United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the most famous presidential pets,Fala was taken to many places by Roosevelt. Given to the Roosevelts by a cousin,Fala knew how to perform tricks;the dog and his White House antics were mentioned frequently by the media and often referenced by Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor. Fala outlived Roosevelt by seven years and was buried near him.
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25,1914,by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.
The ghost of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln,also known as the White House Ghost,is said to have haunted the White House since Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Lincoln's ghost has also been said to haunt many of his former residences in Springfield,Illinois,including his former law office.
Theodore Goldsmith Joslin was the second White House Press Secretary under President Herbert Hoover from 1931 until 1933.
Marvin Hunter McIntyre was an American journalist and Presidential Secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR).
Earl Godwin was a prominent 20th century newsman and radio personality. After a successful career as a print journalist and editor,he transitioned into one of the leading newscasters and commentators of the Golden Age of Radio,attracting a nationwide audience. He was elected president of the White House Correspondents' Association,an influential group of journalists that still exists today with special access to the White House,and also served as president of the Radio Correspondents' Association. Dubbed the "Earl of Godwin" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,he was referred to as the "Dean of Broadcasters." Godwin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Robert Elliott Thompson was a top political writer and Washington journalist known for his sharp analysis and crisp writing of political affairs,who knew and covered every president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush. Over the course of a long career he rose through the ranks to become,among other things,a White House correspondent,publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,and national editor and Washington D.C. bureau chief for Hearst Newspapers. He also worked as John F. Kennedy's press secretary in the late 1950s,quitting just prior to the then-Senator's presidential campaign.
Mark Leibovich is an American journalist and author. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic,and previously spent 16 years at The New York Times,including a decade as the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine,based in Washington,D.C. He is known for his profiles of political,sports,and entertainment figures.
Harry Sylvester McAlpin Jr. was an American reporter. He was the first African-American reporter to attend a U.S. Presidential news conference in 1944.
Edward Thomas Folliard was an American journalist. He spent most of his career at The Washington Post,for which he covered the White House from the presidency of Calvin Coolidge to that of Lyndon B. Johnson. He had friendly relations with both Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower that continued beyond those men's presidencies.
The presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt began when he won the United States 1932 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect of the United States,and ended when Roosevelt was inaugurated at noon EST on March 4,1933.
