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Feb 16, 2016 · In 1889, William Henry Benjamin Harrison’s vice president Levi P. Morton was the first to own his own home (or possibly Schuyler Colfax 20 years earlier), but by the 1950s personal ownership became the norm. It wasn’t only the kinds of homes that changed, but also the locations. Until 1839, most vice presidents lived on Capitol Hill.
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Jan 22, 2021 · Historically, VPs lived in their own homes, but as it became increasingly difficult and expensive to secure private houses, there came a need to establish an official residence for the vice president.
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Vice presidents, though, had to find their own places to live. Most either resided in their own homes, or as Calvin Coolidge did during the Warren G. Harding administration, lived in hotels. Coolidge, who became president after Harding's death in 1923, may have been the first to advocate the notion of giving the vice president an official home ...
Dec 26, 2022 · Vice presidents used to live in their own homes until Congress devoted funds to refurbish the home for vice presidential use. In 1977, Walter Mondale, who served under President Jimmy Carter ...
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Jan 20, 2021 · Where had vice presidents lived before? Traditionally, vice presidents had lived in their own homes or in hotels while in office. But the desire for the second in command to have his own residence ...
Apr 2, 2021 · In total, seven vice presidents have lived at 1 Observatory Circle: Walter Mondale, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence.
Jan 21, 2021 · Vice-President Kamala Harris will also live there, but as the Washington Post reports, she delayed their move-in until some renovations are made, residing for the time being in her two-bedroom condominium. For years, there wasn't even an official home for vice presidents; they were expected to live in their own homes, explained The White House ...