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The evolving presidency
Mar 09, 2009 (McClatchy Newspapers - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) --
Many presidents have adapted to changing technology during their tenure.
1861-65: Abraham Lincoln embraced a new invention, the telegraph, using it to communicate with war generals.
1889: Benjamin Harrison first had the White House wired for electricity, though he reportedly feared electrocution.
1897: Newspaper baron William McKinley became the first "mass-media president."
1929: Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a telephone installed on his desk.
1933-37: Franklin D. Roosevelt regularly communicated via casual radio addresses, called "fireside chats."
1947: Harry Truman became the first president to give a speech on television.
1960: John F. Kennedy's victory was partly due to his cool demeanor during the first televised presidential debate.
1969: Richard Nixon talked to astronauts on the moon from the White House by radio-telephone.
2009: Barack Obama is the first president with a desktop computer in the Oval Office.
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Sources: "Barack Obama: Connecting and Empowering All Americans Through Technology and Innovation," Obama for America, November 2007; "How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks' Power," The New York Times, November 2008; "President 2.0," Newsweek, November 2008; "First U.S. tech officer will have hands full," USA Today, December 2008; change.gov; barackobama.com; whitehouse.gov; nps.gov
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