Talk:Wilson desk

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This is kinda' unclear. The article says that the desk was used by every vice president since Hobart since 1897. But Wilson was vice president in 1873. So Wilson didn't actually use the Wilson Desk? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.137.134.61 (talk) 12:57, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow that is kinda a major oversight on my part and a major discrepancy between the sources... i will look into this and adjust the article accordingly.--Found5dollar (talk) 14:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Page 6 of the cited document in question, The Vice President's Room, states "The double-pedestal, mahogany desk is sometimes referred to as the 'Wilson desk,' an erroneous association with Vice President Henry Wilson." I think since the document is prepared by the Office of Senate Curator and the latest document in the whole affair, "In actuality the desk was not used by Woodrow Wilson, but by Vice President of the United States Henry Wilson, under President Ulysses S. Grant's administration" should not be asserted here.  Safire was a political writer, not a historian; he might have misheard what was passed to him.  Jappalang (talk) 02:35, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

The knee-hole extends all the way through the desk during its time in the White House a glass top was used.
Something wrong here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 11:38, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Watergate Tapes
The statement that the Watergate Tapes were made by an apparatus hidden in the Wilson desk doesn't cite a source. Weren't they made from the Theodore Roosevelt desk, which was in the Executive Office Building room 180, from where Nixon did most of his work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.148.114.45 (talk) 18:41, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Hubert Humphrey's desk
Ive been tryign to figure out what desk Hubert Humphrey was using in the Vice Presidents Office since it was obviously so special that he moved the Wilson desk out for it. I found this picture that shows Humphrey in the office with the desk behind him. Anyone know if this desk has any other history? Is it even worth noting in the article? --Found5dollar (talk) 22:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Is this the Wilson desk!?
Im doing some research on the Johnson desk discrepancies and found this picture] from 1965. Johnson is at the LBJ ranch in Texas and that totally looks like the Wilson desk! Right down to the handle shapes and corner carving details. This seems pretty crazy, but thinking about all the stuff he did not out of the question. do we think this is the Wilson desk? Does anyone else have info about him possibly moving the desk to Texas!?--Found5dollar (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Woah! it seems it did go to texas per this book about Nixon! ill update and see if I can find a free picture of it there.--Found5dollar (talk) 02:39, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Ok something even stranger. In this interview with Ladybird from 1963, starting at 27:12 She says about the Wilson desk that "it was used in the capitol for a great many years, then his office force went in together and bought it for him when it was declared surplus available." So are the stores about the desk at Johnson's ranch actually about this desk and not the Johnson desk?--Found5dollar (talk) 16:14, 16 November 2021 (UTC)