Truman began a renovation of the building in which everything but the outer walls was dismantled. The reconstruction was overseen by architect Lorenzo Winslow, and in , the Truman family moved back into the White House. Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls.
From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from their early use as service areas, to the State Floor rooms, where countless leaders and dignitaries have been entertained, the White House is both the home of the President of the United States and his or her family, and a living museum of American history.
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Share this article via comment Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter. More Stories. Today's Best Discounts. Get us in your feed Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter. In November , President John Adams moved into the White House, and in the same month the Congress began conducting its business in the unfinished Capitol.
The census showed that 8, people lived within the District of Columbia, and that 69 percent of them were white. A considerable number of these persons were residents of Georgetown, an existing Potomac River port within the new Federal District. The next census showed almost a doubling of the population, to 15, The city was growing, but it was not yet the national center the early proponents hoped it would be.
The greatest threat to the new capital came in August , when the British army invaded the city and burned the White House and Capitol as well as other government buildings. Although the British were in Washington just two days , the damage, physically and emotionally, was substantial.
But Congress was determined to rebuild. Upon their return to Washington, President and Mrs. The reconstruction of the nearby White House was begun almost immediately and was largely completed by the time President James Monroe took the Oath of Office.
City leaders and businessmen raised money for a temporary structure to house Congress while reconstruction of the Capitol continued. These actions forestalled any thoughts about relocating the capital. By , new states outnumbered the original thirteen, and by the country spanned the continent to the Pacific, with two states—California and Oregon—on the Pacific Coast.
In the wake of the Civil War and the Union victory, midwesterners began to clamor for a new capital in a central location. The St. Louis booster and publisher Logan U. Louis, on October 26, , that promoted the idea of making that Missouri city the federal capital. After two days, however, the delegates failed to reach consensus on future plans. Another relocation convention was held the next year in Cincinnati.
Local boosters attempted without success to convince the delegates that their thriving city was an ideal location. Grant , a midwesterner himself, decided that the solution lay in making Washington a capital worthy of the nation whose government resided there.
Grant worked with Congress to create a territorial form of government for the District of Columbia. The first governor, Henry D. Board of Public Works.
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