Media & Communications Firsts
The presidential firsts related to the user of media and communication methods by the President of the United States.
| President | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| First president to install a telegraph office in the White House | Andrew Johnson | |
| First president to have a telephone on his desk | Herbert Hoover | |
| First president to hold a press conference or news briefing | Woodrow Wilson | |
| First president to hold a televised new conference | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1955 |
| First president to deliver an address from a communication satellite | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
Publishing | ||
| First president to have his inaugural address reprinted in a newspaper | Thomas Jefferson | |
| First president to publish his memoirs | Ulysses S. Grant | |
Photography | ||
| First president to be photographed | John Quincy Adams | |
| First president to be photographed while in office | William Henry Harrison | |
| First president to have his Cabinet photographed | James K. Polk | |
Audio | ||
| First president to have his voice recorded | Benjamin Harrison | |
| First president to be heard over a radio broadcast | Warren G. Harding | over navy radio station NOF in Anacostia, D.C. |
| First president to deliver his Inaugural Address over an amplification system | Warren G. Harding | |
| First president to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House | Calvin Coolidge | |
Video | ||
| First president to be filmed | Grover Cleveland | |
| First president to appear on television | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| First president to have a nationally televised inauguration | Harry S. Truman | |
| First president to appear on color television | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| First president to be elected after a televised presidential debate | John F. Kennedy | 1960, debated Richard M. Nixon |
Internet | ||
| First president to have an official White House website | Bill Clinton | |
| First president to send an email while in office | Bill Clinton |
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