Question: Which president first installed a telephone in the Oval Office?
Answer: In 1929, President Herbert Hoover had a telephone installed at his desk in the Oval Office, marking the first time a phone was placed there. Previously, he used a phone in the foyer. While the phone line took time to function correctly, Hoover expressed frustration when his son couldn’t reach him from an outside line. Telephones had been in use at the White House since 1878, starting with President Rutherford B. Hayes.
