List of United States Presidential pets

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This is a list of pets belonging to various US Presidents and their families, while serving their term(s) in office.

President	Pet(s)
George W. Bush	Spot Fetcher- English Springer Spaniel (one of Millie's puppies (see George H. W. Bush below)) Barney and Miss Beazley - Scottish Terriers India "Willie" - cat Ofelia - Longhorn cow
Bill Clinton	Socks - Chelsea's cat Buddy - Bill's chocolate Labrador Retriever
George H. W. Bush	Millie - Springer Spaniel Ranger - one of Millie's puppies
Ronald Reagan	Lucky - Bouvier des Flandres Rex - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs and horses at ranch
Jimmy Carter	Grits - dog Misty Malarky Ying Yang - Siamese cat
Gerald Ford	Liberty - Golden Retriever Misty - (Liberty's puppy born in the White House) Shan - Siamese cat
Richard Nixon	Checkers - Cocker Spaniel Vicky - Poodle Pasha - Terrier King Timahoe - Irish Setter
Lyndon B. Johnson	Beagle and Little Beagle - beagles Him and Her - beagles Blanco - white Collie Yuki - mongrel dog Hamsters and lovebirds
John F. Kennedy	Charlie - Welsh Terrier Tom Kitten - cat Robin - canary Bluebell and Marybelle - parakeets Macaroni - pony Tex and Leprechaun - ponies Debbie and Billie - hamsters Pushinka - mutt Charlie - Welsh Terrier Shannon - Irish Cocker Spaniel Wolf - (mutt, possibly part Wolfhound and Schnauzer) Clipper - German Shepherd Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker - (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie) Zsa Zsa - a rabbit Sardar - horse
Dwight D. Eisenhower	Heidi - Weimaraner
Harry S. Truman	Feller - Cocker Spaniel [1] Mike - Irish Setter
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Fala - Scottish Terrier Major - German Shepherd Meggie - Scottish Terrier Winks - Llewellyn Setter Tiny - Old English Sheepdog President - Great Dane Blaze - Mastiff
Herbert Hoover	King Tut and Pat - German Shepherds Big Ben and Sonnie - Fox Terriers Glen - Scotch Collie Yukon - Eskimo dog Patrick - Irish Wolfhound Eaglehurst Gillette - Setter Weejie - Norwegian Elkhound 2 Alligators
Calvin Coolidge	Rob Roy and Prudence Prim - White collies Paul Pry - Airedale Terrier Calamity Jane - Shetland Sheepdog Boston Beans - Bulldog Palo Alto - Birddog Rebecca and Horace - Raccoons Ebeneezer - Donkey Enoch - Goose Smoky - Bobcat Tiger - cat Wallaby Two lion cubs Antelope Billy - Pygmy hippo
Warren G. Harding	Laddie Boy - Airedale Terrier
Woodrow Wilson	Old Ike - Ram Puffins - Cat Mountain Boy - Greyhound Bruce - Bull Terrier songbirds sheep
William Howard Taft	Caruso - Dog Mooly Wooly and Pauline Wayne - Cows
Theodore Roosevelt	Pete - Bull Terrier Skip - Rat Terrier Blackjack - Manchester Terrier Manchu - Pekingese Rollo - Saint Bernard Sailor Boy - Chesapeake Bay Retriever Tom Quartz and Slippers - Cats Emily Spinach - Garter snake Algonquin - Pony Maude - Pig Josiah - Badger Jonathan - Piebald rat Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, and Father O'Grady - Guinea pigs Baron Spreckle - Hen Eli Yale - Macaw Fedelity - Pony Gem and Susan - Dogs A one-legged rooster
William McKinley	Washington Post - Yellow-headed Mexican parrot Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome - Angora kittens Roosters
Benjamin Harrison	Whiskers - Goat Dash - Collie Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection - Opossums
Grover Cleveland	poodle mockingbirds
Chester A. Arthur	No record of any pets
James A. Garfield	Kit - Horse Veto - Dog
Rutherford B. Hayes	Dot - Cocker Spaniel Hector - Newfoundland Duke - English mastiff Grim - Greyhound Juno and Shep - Hunting dogs Jet - Dog Piccolomini - Cat Miss Pussy - Siamese Cat
Ulysses S. Grant	Butcher Boy, Cincinnatus (a gift from the citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio), Egypt, Jeff Davis (his wartime mount), Jennie, Julia, Mary and St. Louis - Horses Billy Button and Reb - Ponies Faithful - Newfoundland Rosie - Dog
Andrew Johnson	Fed white mice he found in his bedroom
Abraham Lincoln	Nanny and Nanko - goats Jack - Turkey[2]) Fido - Dog Horse Rabbit
James Buchanan	Lara - Newfoundland Punch - Toy terrier Eagle
Franklin Pierce	Seven miniature Oriental dogs Two birds from Japan
Millard Fillmore	Mason and Dixon - Ponies
Zachary Taylor	Old Whitey - Horse
James K. Polk	Horse
John Tyler	Le Beau - Italian Greyhound Johnny Ty - Canary The General - Horse
William Henry Harrison	Sukey - Cow Goat
Martin Van Buren	Briefly owned two tiger cubs
Andrew Jackson	Pol - parrot Fighting cocks Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patches and Truxton - Horses
John Quincy Adams	American Alligator Silkworms
James Monroe	Spaniel
James Madison	Macaw - Parrot
Thomas Jefferson	Dick, Mockingbird Buzzy and unknown - Briards (dogs) 2 Bear Cubs
John Adams	Juno and Satan - Dogs Cleopatra - Horse
George Washington	Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan - Staghounds Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy - Black and Tan Coonhound Royal Gift - Donkey Nelson - Horse

[edit] References

• Presidential Pet Museum
• All the Presidents' Pets by Mo Rocca
• Presidential biographical sketches - White House official kids website

[edit] See also

• Canadian Parliamentary Cats
• Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office

[edit] External links

• Presidential Pets photo album

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