Theodore Roosevelt and the First Presidential Car Ride

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About the first U.S. President to ride in a car Theodore Roosevelt.

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The 1st Presidential Car Ride. Theodore Roosevelt was the 1st President to ride in an automobile. Accompanied by Col. Jacob Lyman Greene, he rode in a purple-lined Columbia Electric Victoria on August 22, 1902, through the streets of Hartford, Conn. The presidential car was followed by 20 carriages in a tour of Hartford.


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