United States Presidential Pets - List of Presidential Pets

List of Presidential Pets

President Pet(s)
George Washington
  • Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan – American Staghounds
  • Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy – Black and Tan Coonhounds
  • Royal Gift – Donkey
  • Nelson – Horse
  • Parrot – Said to have been owned by First Lady Martha Washington.
John Adams
  • Juno, Mark, and Satan – Dogs
  • Cleopatra – Horse
Thomas Jefferson
  • Dick – Mockingbird
  • Buzzy and unknown – Briards (dogs)
  • 2 Bear Cubs
  • Caractacus – Horse
James Madison
  • Macaw – Parrot
James Monroe
  • Spaniel
  • Sebastian – Siberian Husky
John Quincy Adams
  • American Alligator
  • Silkworms
Andrew Jackson
  • Pol – parrot (taught to swear)
  • Fighting cocks
  • Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patches and Truxton – Horses
Martin Van Buren
  • Briefly owned two tiger cubs
William Henry Harrison
  • Sukey – Cow
  • Goat
John Tyler
  • Le Beau – Italian Greyhound
  • Johnny Ty – Canary
  • The General – Horse
James K. Polk
  • Horse
Zachary Taylor
  • Old Whitey – Horse
Millard Fillmore
  • Mason and Dixon – Ponies
Franklin Pierce
  • Seven miniature Oriental dogs
  • Two birds from Japan
James Buchanan
  • Lara – Newfoundland
  • Punch – Toy Terrier
  • Eagle
Abraham Lincoln
  • Nanny and Nanko – goats
  • Jack – Turkey
  • Fido – Dog
  • Jip – Dog
  • Horse
  • Rabbit
Andrew Johnson
  • Fed white mice he found in his bedroom
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
Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Dot – Cocker Spaniel
  • Hector – Newfoundland
  • Duke – English Mastiff
  • Grim – Greyhound
  • Otis – Miniature Schnauzer
  • Juno and Shep – Hunting dogs
  • Jet – Dog
  • Piccolomini – Cat
  • Siam – First Siamese Cat in the United States
  • Miss Pussy – Siamese Cat
James A. Garfield
  • Kit – Horse
  • Veto – Dog
Chester A. Arthur
  • Three horses
Grover Cleveland
  • Hector – Japanese Poodle
  • Mockingbirds
Benjamin Harrison
  • Whiskers – Goat
  • Dash – Collie
  • Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection – Opossums
William McKinley
  • Washington Post – Yellow-headed Mexican parrot
  • Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome – Angora kittens
  • Roosters
Theodore Roosevelt
  • Pete – Bull Terrier
  • Skip – Rat Terrier
  • Jack and Peter – Terriers
  • 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, Admiral Dewey, and Father O'Grady – Guinea pigs
  • Baron Spreckle – Hen
  • Eli Yale – Macaw
  • Fedelity – Pony
  • Gem and Susan – Dogs
  • A one-legged rooster
William Howard Taft
  • Caruso – Dog
  • Mooly Wooly and Pauline Wayne – Cows
Woodrow Wilson
  • Davie – Airedale Terrier
  • Old Ike – Ram
  • Puffins – Cat
  • Mountain Boy – Greyhound
  • Bruce – Bull Terrier
  • songbirds
  • sheep
Warren G. Harding
  • Laddie Boy – Airedale Terrier
  • Old Boy – Bulldog
Calvin Coolidge
  • Rob Roy and Prudence Prim – White collies
  • Peter Pan – Terrier
  • Paul Pry – Airedale Terrier
  • Calamity Jane – Shetland Sheepdog
  • Tiny Tim and Blackberry – Chow Chows
  • Ruby Rouch – Collie
  • Boston Beans – Bulldog
  • King Cole – German shepherd
  • Palo Alto – Bird dog
  • Bessie – Collie
  • Rebecca and Horace – Raccoons
  • Ebeneezer – Donkey
  • Nip and Tuck – Canaries
  • Enoch – Goose
  • Smoky – Bobcat
  • Tiger – cat
  • Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau – lion cubs
  • Billy – Pygmy hippo
  • A Wallaby
  • A Duiker (a very small antelope)
  • A black bear
Herbert Hoover
  • King Tut – Belgian Shepherd
  • Pat – German Shepherd
  • Big Ben and Sonnie – Fox Terriers
  • Glen – Scotch Collie
  • Yukonan – Eskimo dog
  • Patrick – Irish Wolfhound
  • Eaglehurst Gillette – Setter
  • Weejie – Norwegian Elkhound
  • 2 Crocodiles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Fala – Scottish Terrier
  • Majora – German Shepherd
  • Meggie – Scottish Terrier
  • Winks – Llewellyn Setter
  • Tiny – Old English Sheepdog
  • President – Great Dane
  • Blaze – Bullmastiff
Harry S. Truman
  • Feller – Cocker Spaniel
  • Mike – Irish Setter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Heidi – Weimaraner
John F. Kennedy
  • Gaullie – Poodle
  • Charlie – Welsh Terrier
  • Tom Kitten – Cat
  • Robin – Canary
  • Bluebell and Marybelle – Parakeets
  • Macaroni – Pony
  • Tex and Leprechaun – Ponies
  • Debbie and Billie – Hamsters
  • Pushinka – Mutt (gift of Russian premier, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)
  • 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 – Rabbit
  • Sardar – Horse
Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Him and Her – Beagles
  • Edgar – Beagle
  • Blanco – white Collie
  • Freckles – Beagle
  • Yuki – Mongrel Dog
  • Hamsters and Lovebirds
Richard Nixon
  • Vicki – Poodle
  • Pasha – Terrier
  • King Timahoe – Irish Setter
  • Checkers – Cocker Spaniel (note: Checkers died in 1964, before Nixon became president, but had played a major role in his electoral career)
Gerald Ford
  • Liberty – Golden Retriever
  • Misty – (Liberty's puppy born in the White House)
  • Shan – Siamese cat
Jimmy Carter
  • Grits – Border Collie; Given to his daughter Amy by her teacher, but quickly returned.
  • Lewis Brown – Afghan Hound
  • Misty Malarky Ying Yang, daughter Amy Carter's pet – Siamese cat
Ronald Reagan
  • Lucky – Bouvier des Flandres
  • Rex – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. First Dog of the United States.
  • Victory – Golden Retriever
  • Peggy – Irish Setter
  • Taca – Siberian Husky
  • Fuzzy – Belgian sheepdog
  • Horses at Rancho del Cielo
George H. W. Bush
  • Millie – Springer Spaniel. First Dog of the United States.
  • Ranger – one of Millie's puppies
Bill Clinton
  • Socks – Chelsea's cat (1989–2009). First Cat of the United States.
  • Buddy – Bill's chocolate Labrador Retriever (1997–2002). First Dog of the United States.
George W. Bush
  • Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (1989–2004) – female English Springer Spaniel named after Scott Fletcher; Puppy of Millie; Euthanized after suffering a series of strokes.
  • Barney – Scottish Terrier. First Dog of the United States.
  • Miss Beazley (b. October 28, 2004) – Scottish Terrier; Nicknamed "Beazley Weazley"; 2005 birthday gift from George to his wife.
  • India "Willie" – cat (1990–2009)
  • Ofelia – Longhorn cow (lives at Bush's Crawford ranch)
Barack Obama
  • Bo – Portuguese Water Dog. First Dog of the United States.

Obama also has a 36 gallon fish tank in the oval office full of various tropical fish

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