[DOC] [TLE] The president was afraid of the first White House light switches in 1891 [PAR] Oct 2, 2014 ... The first president to install electric lighting at the White House was Benjamin 
Harrison in 1891, but he never touched the ... Some sources contend that he and 
his wife would sometimes sleep ... Wires were buried in the plaster, with round 
switches installed in each room for turning the current on and off. [DOC] [TLE] President Benjamin Harrison - Classroomhelp.com [PAR] Mar 26, 2013 ... ... and First Ladies. Benjamin Harrison gave a 140 speeches in 30 days. ... 
Benjamin Harrison lost the popular vote for president, but won the electoral vote. 
... He also had to tell Tracy that his wife and daughter had died in the fire. 
Harrison ... He used to have White House staff turn them on and off. He was... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Harrison - Wikipedia [PAR] Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833  March 13, 1901) was an American 
politician and lawyer ... He then returned to private life in Indianapolis but later 
represented the ... Benjamin was a grandson of President William Henry Harrison 
and the ..... Harrison also had electricity installed in the White House for the first 
time by... [DOC] [TLE] What Benjamin Harrison Forced White House Staff to Do ... [PAR] Jun 7, 2015 ... Harrison Installs Electricity in White House: During Harrison's ... In the spring of 
1891, workers descended upon the house for four months to install electric wires 
... the decision to add them to the existing gas lights that had lit the historic ... task 
of turning lights on and off to the staff of the President's House,... [DOC] [TLE] President Benjamin Harrison [PAR] Feb 2, 2012 ... Benjamin Harrison lost the popular vote, but won the electoral vote. ... went to 
bed and left all the new electric lights burning because they were afraid to touch 
the switches. He used to have White House staff turn them on and off. ... Harrison 
was the second President whose wife died while he was in office. [DOC] [TLE] In what year was electricity installed in the White House? - White ... [PAR] However, few people at the time had enough faith in electric lighting to use it 
exclusively instead of gas lighting  its ... Wires were buried in the plaster, with 
round switches installed in each room for turning the current on and off. President 
Benjamin Harrison and his wife, Caroline, refused to operate them for fear of a 
shock. [DOC] [TLE] The History of Electricity at the White House | Department of Energy [PAR] Oct 14, 2015 ... Electricity First Installed in the White House ... President Benjamin Harrison and 
his wife Caroline were the first to live in an electrified White ... so new at the time 
that the couple refused to touch the light switches for fear of electric shock. The 
White House staff was in charge of turning the lights on and off. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Harrison: An Electrifying Term of Office [PAR] Feb 25, 2016 ... Benjamin Harrison was the first president to introduce modern ... Funding was 
available not only to electrify the White House but to install electrical wiring in the 
... electricity to the White House, he and his wife were reportedly afraid of ... Lady 
more likely left it to their domestic staff to turn the lights on and off. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Interesting Facts About Benjamin Harrison [PAR] Read 10 interesting facts you may not have known about Benjamin Harrison, the 
23rd ... Harrison was the first president to use electricity in the White House, 
installed by ... However, he and his wife would not touch the light switches for fear 
of being ... In the Election of 1888, Harrison lost the popular vote by 90,000 votes 
but... [DOC] [TLE] TIL Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, had ... [PAR] Aug 20, 2016 ... TIL Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, had electricity 
installed in the White House for the first time. He and his wife were so scared of 
being electrocuted that they wouldn't touch the light ..... But the principal is the 
same ... Decades of on-off stress (

Question: The wife of President Benjamin Harrison had this installed in the White House, but was afraid to turn it on & off!
Answer: electricity