USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in.

Detailed explanation-2: -President John Adams was the first to move into the residence, in 1800 before it was finished. Since then, every president and his family has lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Detailed explanation-3: -On November 1, 1800, President John Adams, in the last year of his only term as president, moved into the newly constructed President’s House, the original name for what is known today as the White House.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following a 16-month stay in New York City, George Washington occupied the President’s House in Philadelphia from November 1790 to March 1797. John Adams occupied it from March 1797 to June 1800, then became the first President to occupy The White House.

Detailed explanation-5: -They lived and entertained in private homes in New York and Philadelphia while he served as vice president from 1789 to 1797, and when Adams succeeded George Washington as president in 1797 they moved into the house Washington had formerly occupied.