On This Day in Telephone History March 27TH 1929 First telephone installed in the oval office on president Herbert Hoover's desk. Prior to this, the President utilized a telephone from a booth outside the Oval Office. President Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed at the White House in 1878.

On This Day in Telephone History March 27TH 1929

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On This Day in Telephone History March 27TH 1929 First Telephone Installed in the Oval Office on president Herbert Hoover’s desk.

Prior to this, the President utilized a telephone from a booth outside the Oval Office.

President Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed at the White House in 1878.