Lincoln The Pool Shark?

[Eva Elisabeth]

(08-02-2015 12:45 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Did Lincoln have a pool table in the White House? If not, was he known to shoot pool in any of the establishments in D.C. while President?

J. Q. "Adams installed the first pool table in the White House. Initially, he billed the government for the $61 it cost for the table, cues, and billiard balls, but he was decried for such a personal purchase and later he reimbursed the government."
http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/prespgs/jqadams.html