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The Resolute desk, also known as the Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century partners desk used by several presidents of the United States in the White House as the Oval Office desk, including the five most recent presidents.
The desk currently in use by Joe Biden is the Resolute desk. Of the six desks that have occupied the Oval Office, the Resolute has spent the longest time in the room, having been used by eight presidents. The Resolute has been used by John F. Kennedy and by all U.S. presidents since 1977 with the exception of George H. W. Bush.
The first desk used in the Oval Office was the Theodore Roosevelt desk, and the desk currently in use by Joe Biden is the Resolute desk. Of the six desks used in the Oval Office, the Resolute desk has spent the longest time there, having been used by eight presidents in the room.
George W. Bush at the Resolute desk during 9/11, with the call button on the desk, to his left Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute desk with the button visible. An 1881 letter written by White House disbursing agent William H. Crook refers to an electric bell attached to president James Garfield's desk. [1]
Resolute became trapped in the ice searching for Franklin's lost expedition and was abandoned in 1854. Recovered by an American whaler, she was returned to Queen Victoria in 1856. Timbers from the ship were later used to construct the Resolute desk which was presented to the President of the United States and is located in the White House Oval ...
DC’s latest tourist attraction, named “The Resolute Desk,” was dropped Thursday just a few blocks west of the Capitol. The statue was installed near the Capitol on Thursday.
The Resolute Desk is a bronze-colored sculpture by an anonymous artist depicting a poop emoji on Nancy Pelosi's desk. [5] [6] Objects on the desk include file folders, a landline phone, a nameplate, a stack of Post-it notes, and a smartphone.
Mr Trump also lambasted Mr Biden’s border policy, falsely claiming it includes migrants being ‘shipped in, brought in, deposited in our country’