Email the President
Do you want to email the President of the United States? Or maybe you would like to email the Vice President, a member of the House of Representatives, or the Senate? This article explains how to email the President and other members of Congress.
Emailing the President, your Senator, a House representative, or another Congress or government member is integral to keeping elected officials informed of our opinions. With today’s ever-increasing dissatisfaction with those who govern, it is essential to understand how to communicate your thoughts, feelings, and ideas to elected officials.
Emailing your congressman or congressperson is an efficient way to let the government and its elected officials know that you hold them accountable for their campaign promises and actions while in office. Don’t wait for the next election to come around to voice your opinion. If you feel strongly about something, send an email to your congressman.
What happens when you send an email?
In most cases, you will initially receive a canned response from the government. You may get a response from the government office that you emailed. However, the response is usually written by staff members.
In rare cases, you may receive an email from an actual government official. Again, this is rare. Given the volume of emails they receive, it is usually not feasible for the official to personally respond to messages.
The following will help you get in touch with various members of the U.S. government via email:
How do you Email the President or Vice President?
Use the Online Form
You can use this online form to email the President of the United States, Joe Biden, or the White House. The same form can also be used to contact the Vice President, Kamala Harris.
In the past, the White House had a general email address. The addresses were president@whitehouse.gov for the POTUS and vice.president@whitehouse.gov for the VPOTUS for these messages. However, the White House turned off these addresses. The only way to send a message is through the online form.
Use Social Media
Following are the primary social media accounts for the current administration:
President Donald Trump:
- Instagram: @realdonaldtrump
- Facebook: @DonaldTrump
- Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump
Vice President J.D. Vance:
Please note that official government social media accounts, such as @POTUS and @VP, transition to the new officeholders after an inauguration
Write a Letter
The online form is the fastest way to send a message, but if you prefer to write or type a letter, keep the following in mind:
- Use 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper
- Either type your message or handwrite it as neatly as possible
- Include your return address on both the letter and the envelope
- Mail the letter to The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
- Include the appropriate postage (stamp)
If you have any additional questions about how to email Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, please post a comment below. If you are still trying to email Donald Trump or Mike Pence, please post a comment below.
Contact the White House By Phone
Even though you can’t email the President, you can call the White House. However, to be clear, you will likely only speak with a staff member. To call, use the following phone numbers:
- For general comments, call 202-456-1111
- To reach the switchboard, call 202-456-1414
- For TTY/TTD, use Comments: 202-456-6213 or the Visitor’s Office: 202-456-2121
It is doubtful that you will get to speak with any sitting POTUS directly on the phone.
How to Send an E-mail Your House Representative
To find your Representative, visit the House of Representatives website.
Some individual House member’s websites offer a contact form, but we recommend using this only as a last resort. Many online contact forms go to the website maintenance team and often don’t reach the Representative or their staff. If you want a response, send a direct email or a letter.
How to Send an E-mail to Your Senator
To find your state Senator(s), select your Senator from the state-by-state list on the United States Senate’s Web site. Note the list is in alphabetical order and provides the following information for each Senator:
- Senator’s full name
- Political party affiliation and state they represent
- Mailing address
- Phone number
- Link to an email contact form, usually on the Senator’s website.
Also, you can call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the state Senator’s office you request.
Questions and Comments
If you have any questions about how to email the President, Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, U.S. representatives, members of Congress, or other government officials, please leave a message below.
Please don’t post a comment on the form below and think it will be forwarded to the White House or the Trump Administration.
Another way to email Donald Trump is likely the Trump Organization.
Learn about other areas of government.
When will President Trump (2nd term) stop being a Russian asset and start putting the hammer down on Putin. Russia invaded Ukraine, not the other way around that Trump stated. Putin is a complete liar in all agreements and continues to commit war crimes by bombing civilians in Ukraine. It is time for Ukraine to shoot missiles at the Kremlin, do the same to Russia. The idea of giving and rewarding Putin with parts of Ukraine, for his criminal acts, is just stupid and immoral.
President Trump, you couldn’t stop the war as you promised and even now your method is to force Ukraine to give up. STOP what you are doing.
I presume you mean this form to use to contact the White House. I am not surprised the old contact formats have been taken down. He definitely cares nothing for the problems of the country or its inhabitants by taking down this form of contact. He would have spent too much taxpayer money for aides to read them all, but spending taxpayer money doesn’t bother him one bit, so the reason is he cares not.
I completely disagree with the destruction of the Artic by drilling. He just wants more profits from the sale of oil and gas not actually what damage be does by opening Alaska and the Artic. He cares not for wildlife. He is showing how much he cates for his power to go against the planet and humanity just to gain his being a king or dictator. That, he has said fir years but seems few listened. He is just getting started so maybe some will finally listen to hoe bad a person he is and disgraces the office and the US. No ARTIC DRILLING!
It is no longer to contact the President via email. email service is no longer rendered. Thus, at this late date in his tenure one has to us US Mail to suggest actions that might strengthen his legacy. This lack of direct email access serves the interests of President Elect Trump. Thus, such denial validates the growing consensus that Government fundamentally embraces an ethos of “mind over matter” IE, it doesn’t mind and un-wealthy citizenry like me don’t matter.
To contact with President by Email-its NOT possible, this is a false democracy in the USA.
I just emailed him and got a reply..
You are absolutely correct. That fact that the you-the-people cannot contact any people in Trump’s Administration including himself other than by his (or their) own online social media is truly indicative of the tyranny we are all about to being living under. The man is straight up a sociopath as evidenced by his lack of conscience. We are in for a very bumpy ride — stand up and say, loud and clear, “NO” in any way that you can.
Les:
You didn’t state your proof that the election was stolen.
Thanks for the tip on how to e-mail a Senator. I want to talk to my Senator. Maybe I can get a couple of answers from them about their plans.
William Schuffenhauer – What e-mail address did you use? Thank you.
Ms. Underwood:
Find charitable groups that could use your retirement funds MUCH more than TWICE IMPEACHED LOSER Donald Trump! Why do so many people (who do NOT make up a majority of U.S.Citizens or voters) believe a Compulsive Liar, Con Artist, and EX-Potus who continues “THE BIG LIE,” to build upon his ill gotten gains stolen from naive U.S. citizens. He has NO scruples, NO empathy for any U.S. Citizen or for our country NO shame, and has the biggest narcissistic views and visions of grandeur (maybe only topped by the very worst dictators in this world – past and present, including Adolf Hitler and his nazi SS minions, all of whom he idolizes and thinks of as “some very good people”)! His actions leave little doubt about wanting join the ranks of world dictators (and still does), having no qualms about instigating the only case of insurrection in this country’s short history!! He has no care for ANYONE, nor for our republic. He and his Republican cohort politicians in Congress have NO care about ruining our Republic. We are very close to losing what we hold dear…and don’t think we aren’t. I hope you will make an educated and empathetic decision to help others, rather than throwing your money away to a self-centered egomaniacal Jackass!!
Hello, we live in Afghanistan. My father is a communication professor and he has been awarded a letter of appreciation by the United States, so how can we come to America?
I agree with the election. President Biden is our President. I love it. I fully support President Biden.
I am not worried. Trump will be arrested eventually. Help save our country.
So many of you are fools. So many of you are idiots. Some democrats are too radical. Most republicans are out of their minds. Afghanistan is going down the tubes and we don’t nuke the Taliban. The country is is turmoil. The governor of Texas and Florida should be arrested. Covid is rampaging because people are too stupid to get vaccinated. W should close all the hospitals to all the unvaccinated and let them die including the homeless. I am 72 and remember when our country was normal and peaceful. All minorities should have the right to vote. We need to clean up the house and senate. WE should shoot all those who are arrested for the capital riot. There are wannabees out there but not for a for a good cause. Trump should be arrested for treason. He has done us no good in 4 years. How do I know? I used to be just like him. Too much money and a big ego. I have had the fun of 91 cars and 52 homes, apartments, and a great building career. I made it through the recession of 69, 1980, and 2008. Sure there were hard times but I managed to build over 15,000 units. I thought I was great. I had all the women but I paid my taxes and never went bankrupt Trump has screwed people 5 times with bankruptcy. He is a moron. Don’t idolize him. He cheats and especially lies. He never won the election. Get over it and enjoy your life.
I agree that our government is corrupt and dominated by the wealthy, but Donald Trump is the most corrupt politician I have seen in my eighty years of life, except for possibly Ross Burnett or George Wallace.
May GOD help us if many people think the way you do!
You are very wrong, and misled. I’m sorry for that and I’m mad that this happened to millions of people. But the ones who saw trump was the biggest liar and a huge failure knew we had to vote like never before and we did! That is all there is to it. trump, right wing media and all the Republicans in government know this. They know they are lying and doing it for their own gain. If they don’t have the trump following to vote for them they will lose and won’t get to keep making millions from their kickbacks and legal bribes. That is what our government has become, a corrupt corporate owned steal all they can, psychpathic group of con jobs. Advice: Fox is corporate owned like the others only worse, because they repeat lies until they are stuck in your mind and don’t report what is taking place. Their viewers are the most uninformed and misled, they should be taken off, like Ireland did them. Best to you, I hope you at least think about what I’ve said, for all our sakes 🤍
What are some of the Trump “lies” that have upset you? Not the exaggerations, the provable lies.
He said the virus was going away.
Donna Underwood, Please do not waist your money. You’ve been conned by one of the best con artists. He is using that money for no good and to try and stay relevant to take other peoples money and to pay his legal fees. Look at our country, if he was even trying to do a good job there’s no way the country would have fallen down so bad. He is literally harming the whole world! Other countries look down on us now like never before. We deserve better!
Why is the CDC ordering Americans to wear masks. They have no constitutional authority to mandate anything. And why is I don’t hears about one Senator or Representative taking them to task.
Represent us or don’t come back asking for our vote!
The CDC has no jurisdiction to order anything. They are making recommendations based on science data. The viral load of the delta variation of the virus that can be carried by humans is 600 times that of the prior variants. The game has changed and battle plan has to adjust accordingly. Stay Safe.
Charles:
Get off your holy “Constitutional Rights” bandwagon. The CDC and FDA has every right to mandate vaccines or the wearing of masks…same as our governmemt!. Nobody in congress raises any big deal because mid-terms are coming and power/money is hard for bad politicians to have to lose!😉
So many idiots are saying “it’s their right” to refuse to wear masks or take the Covid vaccination – give me a break!! You hear something said by some other redneck and, wow, that sound like a good phrase They are idiots because they have NO care or empathy about ANYONE but themselves (not their own children, siblings, parents, families, friends, neighbors nor humanity in general.) – sounds like you’re a Trumper!? Even Trump and his circle got their 💉!
You apparantly have the education of a 3rd grader, therefore, I would insist you get an education, in English/English Composition, so that someone might be able to figure out what it is you might be saying
His post may be a little rambled, but I clearly understood his frustration. People with “3rd grade education” can have an opinion too and those of us with “so called” higher education should gracefully bend low to allow their expression of others . . . .
As much as I am not a fan of DT, I do agree that attacking one’s intelligence or education is NOT okay. I don’t do the “what about…?” either. That is never a good excuse. Let’s beat them with better policies, not insults.
Anyway to contact the first lady and vice president by mail? Or do they all have to go to the same president address?
Members of Congress are so concerned with making money from lobbyists and attending social functions, they make it very difficult for constituents to communicate directly with them. After a few weeks in D.C., memory of their constituency fades into the fog of their consciousness until the date of the next election approaches the horizon.
We can’t even get their direct email addresses. They steal time from us, by forcing us to use their Web site forms, which takes more time to fill out, and it’s harder to perform on a mobile form.
Event of the last three decades seem to indicate that as more and more Tech Oligarchs and other run-of-the-mill billionaires flex their muscular wealth, transforming it into unchecked, unbalanced political control, “We the People” become chattel manipulated through processes of insincere informational gaslighting, if not direct dishonest fraud, the enemies of Truth, and direct threats to our real local interests.
Think about it.
Trump and the gop murdered 250,000+ Americans glad he will burn in hell with his comrads in Russia.He is a coward a traitor,a thief and a lier–a good republican.
I totally agree with you! How anyone with half a brain can’t see what Trump was and is, is a fool. He is still using them for money, which is all he cares about. These Trump loving so called Christians, is just laughable on so many levels. The guy has been a con his whole life and will never change. He himself has admitted behind closed doors he lost, but he can’t continue to collect money from his blind followers, if he admits that.
So in watching the elections it appears that the majority of people who voted in PERSON wanted Trump (as the numbers showed), but the people who voted by MAIL seem to want Biden (which seems to be giving him the lead). So my question is; how did Biden’s team manage to coordinate and so precisely divide so much of his votes to come through the mail rather than in person? Did Biden know that mail-in ballots would be counted last? It appears security is strong at the counting stations but was there something that effected the ballots/votes BEFORE they got to the counting stations to sway the mail-in votes toward Biden?
If Donald Trump actually won the election, we are on our way to perdition. I grew up in a religion which taught, “Let your government be by the voice of the people, but see that they choose righteousness, for it is common for a part of the people to choose evil, but not common for the greater part to choose evil, for if the time comes that the greater part of the people choose evil, destruction swiftly follows.” That’s why people like you scare me to death, because you are certainly choosing evil. Donald Trump despised the poor and the weak. Read the 25th chapter of Matthew, beginning at the 31st verse, and see what the Lord says about denying the poor and needy. You can also read Isaiah 32:7-8 to see what GOD has to say about liberals. Anybody who is not at least a millionaire is shooting themselves in the foot to vote republican, much less for Donald Trump. Trump also tried to make himself a dictator by setting himself above the law. I don’t know why this computer keeps repeating my reply to one person to every other person to whom I try to reply. My reply to Kiraoso is that more poor people vote by mail because they don’t have cars, and they can’t take off from work because they will lose pay, if not their jobs, or they are disabled and live in nursing homes, as I do. We are all too smart to vote for Trump. As I said, any one who isn’t rich and votes republican is shooting themselves in the foot.
The online form says, “Contact the President.” What if I want to contact the Vice President Mike Pence?
Question: Where is the new Online Form to email President or Vice President? How do I find it?
The online form is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
That’s only for the President, how do I contact the Vice-President online or via email?
Ask yourself this, who wears masks for COVID19? Who seems to adhere to social distancing? Democrats or Republicans? Who is more likely to opt for a mail in ballot rather than stand in line with people who don’t wear a mask or take health precautions? If you can figure that out then you have answered your own questions.
What is the correct email address for President Donald J. Trump? I would like to send a message to him. Thank You
the address you provided: president@whitehouse.gov does not work.
My letter is a word doc. So I want to use email. the facility for an email message at the whitehouse website does not have any facility for attaching a word doc.
The current administration disabled the email address and now uses an online form. This is the only option and it doesn’t accept attachments. You’ll have to cut and paste the information from the Word document into the online form.
I want to send email to President Trump and vice President Mike Pence also. How shall I send them? If suppose I’ll send, will email reach to them in proper way? Will they respond to me at my email?
What is the email address for press security McEnany? She needs as much support as she can get.
How do I write a letter to the U.S. Attorney?
It doesn’t appear very easy to contact the U.S. Attorney directly. However, there is some general contact information available on the Justice Department website.
Their mailing address is:
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
The phone numbers are:
Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000
TTY/ASCII/TDD: 800-877-8339
Also, I found another phone number for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in DC – Main Line: 202-252-7566, Media Inquiries: 202-252-6933
I am deeply disturbed by the President’s handling of the coronovirus. He is not following the science or medical recommendations. Anyone who would tell people that injecting disinfectants into their body has lost their mind. He really needs to keep his opinions to himself and follow the medical specialists. We have already lost many people to this virus and his recommendations are dangerous. I ask that you use your position to help the constituents. This is not a poitical but a humanitarian status. I am an independant voter and this weighs heavy on me. Thank you, in advance, for you time and consideration.
I would like to write a letter to Nancy Pelosi. I am a Canadian and have no idea how to go about it. Thank you
Go to this page on the House of Representatives website https://pelosi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me