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William H Taft asked congress to purchase one in January 1909 a the cost of 12,000.00 Taft arranged for the purchase of a 40-horsepower White steam touring car and a 48-horsepower six-cylinder Pierce-Arrow limousine, both of which he tested prior to his inauguration. Although he rode in a horse-drawn carriage to and from his March 4, 1909 inauguration, he took the first official ride by a President in a White House automobile that evening in the Pierce-Arrow limousine to and from the inaugural ball. Taft's enthusiasm for the technology, especially in contrast to Roosevelt's known distaste for it, changed the political culture of automobile and brought about a national craze for the machines.
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canoes and horses
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Rutherford B. Hayes was the first President to use the telephone.
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ok, so if i do recall correstly, the first president to ride in a car at an inaugural parade was president Abraham Lincoln. Hope i helped!!!
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canoes and horses
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it allowed for faster transportation, and less use of the hors
