Theodore Roosevelt was the first United States President toride in an automobile and the first to fly in an airplane，amongthe many other firsts.He was the first U.S.President to visit aforeign country while in office.In November，1906，he sailedon the U.S.S.Louisiana for Panama and Puerto Rico.An-drew Jackson was the first President to ride in a railroad train.Thefirst President to use a telephone was James Garfield.Not untilHerbert Hoover was President，in 1929，did the U.S.Chief Ex-ecutive have a private telephone in his office.（The telephone hadbeen invented fifty-three years earlier.）The booth in the WhiteHouse hallway had served as the President's private phone beforeone was installed in the Oval Office.
西奥多·罗斯福作为美国总统有许多第一，其中包括他是第一个乘汽车和乘飞机的总统。他是第一个在任期间访问外国的美国总统。1906年11月他乘坐美国轮船“路易斯安那”号出访巴拿马和波多黎各。安德鲁·杰克逊是第一位乘坐火车的美国总统。第一位使用电话的总统是詹姆士·加菲尔德。直到1929年赫伯特·胡佛当总统之后，美国总统的办公室才有了私人电话。（电话早在那之前53年就发明了。）在椭圆形办公室安装电话之前，白宫过道电话间里的电话就是总统的私人电话。