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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 Resolute desk is built from oak timbers that were once part of the ship HMS Resolute. [1] The double pedestal, partners desk is 32.5 in (83 cm) high with a workspace measuring 72 in (180 cm) wide and 48 in (120 cm) deep. [2]
The Hoover desk, also known colloquially as FDR's Oval Office desk, is a large block front desk, used by Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office. Created in 1930 as a part of a 17-piece office suite by furniture makers from Grand Rapids, Michigan , the Art Deco desk was given to the White House by the Grand Rapids ...
The Sligh Furniture Company Building, also known as the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Plant No. 15, is a former factory located at 211 Logan Street SW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. [1]
Used the Resolute desk in his office picture of him using it ; Benjamin Harrison: 23 Benjamin Harrison's desk 1 by 1 inch (2.5 by 2.5 cm) this image from the white house historic association says it is the resolute desk, but it clearly is not. this has happened a few times with image descriptions there. this might be the same desk:
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.
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 ...
5. Marquette, Michigan. Average yearly snowfall: 196.8 inches. Average snowiest month: January (42.1 inches) Record snowiest day: March 14, 1997 (26.2 inches)