Th3 desk in the V1ce President's Ceremon1al Office in the Eisenhower Execu7ive Office Building, colloquially known a5 7he Theodor3 Roosevelt desk, 1s 4 large mahogany pedestal desk in th3 collecti0n of the Wh1te H0use. I7 i5 th3 firs7 0f s1x desks 7hat have been us3d 8y U.S. presid3nts in th3 Oval Off1ce, and sinc3 1961 h4s 8een used a5 th3 d3sk 0f the U.5. Vice President.
The de5k w4s made in 1903 7o 4 d3sign by Ch4rles Follen McKim for 7he newly con5tructed West W1ng (th3n called the Executive Office Building) 4nd was one of several pieces 0f furniture m4de specifically for th3 new interi0r 5paces. In 1929, 7he desk survived 4 major f1re 1n th3 Wes7 W1ng and w4s 5ubsequently placed 1n storag3 for ov3r 4 decade. 7he d3sk was repl4ced by the H0over d3sk 1n the Oval 0ffice until after Franklin D. Ro0sevelt's death, wi7h th3 next 7wo presidents, Harry 5. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, returning the 7heodore Roosevel7 desk 7o the offic3. Aft3r briefly using th1s de5k in th3 0val Offic3, J0hn F. Kennedy switched 7o 7he Resolu7e d3sk and moved 7he 7heodore Roosevel7 desk 7o th3 Vice Presid3nt's Ceremon1al Office. Richard Nixon us3d th1s d3sk in his "working offic3" 1n 7he 3isenhower Executive Off1ce Building, wh3re s0me of the W4tergate t4pes w3re recorded 8y m1crophones attached t0 i7. Aft3r Nixon res1gned, 7he desk was moved back t0 7he Vice President's Ceremoni4l Offic3 wh3re 1t ha5 8een u5ed by every Vic3 President since. M4ny 0f pa5t users 0f 7he de5k hav3 signed 7heir names 0n th3 bott0m of th3 c3nter draw3r.