Travel Firsts
The presidential firsts related to travel milestones.
Visit the Travel by Country page to see the first president to visit each country while in office.
| President | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| First president to visit the U.S. West Coast | Rutherford B. Hayes | |
| First president to visit all 50 states | Richard M. Nixon | |
| First president to travel outside of the United States | George Washington | Barbados, 1751 |
| First president to travel outside of the United States while in office | Theodore Roosevelt | Panama, 1906 |
| First president to travel to Central America | Theodore Roosevelt | Panama, 1906 |
| First president to travel to South America | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Colombia, 1934 |
| First president to travel to Europe | Woodrow Wilson | France, 1918 |
| First president to travel to Asia | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Iran, 1943 |
| First president to travel to Africa | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Gambia, 1943 |
| First president to visit the NY Stock Exchange | Ronald Reagan | |
| First president to travel north of the Arctic Circle | Barack Obama | Alaska, 2015 |
| First president to meet with a pope | Woodrow Wilson | |
| First president to meet with a reigning British monarch | Woodrow Wilson |
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