Who was the first US president to own an automobile?

billfay

William Taft. http://www.presidentsgraves.com/william%20h.%20taft%20twenty-seventh%20president.htm President McKinley was the first to have ridden in an automobile. 1899 - President McKinley takes a ride in a Stanley Steamer, the first president to ride in a car. http://www.realityfilm.com/study/history/1890-1899.html Oct 17 00, 12:42 PM

McGruff

The first U.S. president to ride in an automobile was Theodore Roosevelt. He rode in a purple-lined Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Conn. on Aug. 22, 1902. Twenty carriages followed the president's car. He also became the first president to own a car. Roosevelt was also the first president to ride in an airplane, a Wright biplane Oct. 11, 1910 in St. Louis, Mo.. Archibald Hoxey was the pilot. As time went on and automobiles became more common, there was need of a place to store the cars. In 1909, President William Howard Taft converted the White House stables into a four-car garage. http://yourfreedvds.com/creatives/popunders/ygc_aguilerav2_3_1692_178.html Apr 03 04, 10:42 AM