Who was the first United States president to live in the White House?

John Adams was the first United States president to live in the White House.

Adams moved into the newly constructed executive residence on November 1, 1800. The building stood at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., which had become the nation’s permanent capital. Adams was president from 1797 to 1801 and occupied the house only during the final months of his term.

George Washington, the first president, never lived there. Construction began during Washington’s administration, but he lived in executive residences in New York City and Philadelphia because the capital had not yet moved to Washington.

Thomas Jefferson became the second president to occupy the building in 1801. The residence was later called the Executive Mansion and eventually became known as the White House. British troops burned it during the War of 1812, but the structure was rebuilt and continued as the presidential residence.