Which U. S. President was the first to invite a pro baseball team to the White House?

President Johnson was the first President to invite a baseball team into the White house.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/prz_qaj.shtml


06-26-1869:
President Ulysses Grant brought the first professional baseball team - Cincinnati Red Stockings - to the White House/Presidential Mansion.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/firsts/prz_1st.shtml

Tex, I was actually after Chester Arthur, but believe your answers to be better than this.

Apparently, Grant brought in the first pro team and Arthur brought in the first Major League team!

http://baseball-almanac.com/prz_qca.shtml

My memory may be off here, but I thought that Cincimatti wasn't regarded as a pro team until the mid-1870s.

I wrote to them about they issue. Their response:

"The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings are not a Major League team - they were only a professional team. Major League Baseball does not recognize teams of official Major League teams until the National League in 1876. Many people think / believe / and want the National Association to be recognized as a Major League, but they currently are not."