Time & Again - White House Pets

White House Pets
President’s Pets	Date of Inauguration
George Washington Samson, Steady, Leonidas, Traveller, Magnolia and other stallions Nelson and Blueskin, horses used during the Revolution Horse given to Washington by Gen. Braddock Mopsey, Taster, Cloe, Tipler, Forester, Captain, Lady Rover, Vulcan, Sweetlips, and Searcher, all hounds; and five French hounds. Rozinante, Nellie Custis’ horse Parrot belonging to Mrs. Martha Washington	1789
Thomas Jefferson Mockingbird	1801
James Madison Green parrot belonging to Mrs. Dolley Madison	1809
James Monroe Spaniel belonging to Maria Monroe	1817
John Quincy Adams Alligator belonging to Lafayette Silkworms belonging to Mrs. Louisa Adams	1825
Andrew Jackson Sam Patches, wartime mount Emily, Lady Nashville and Bolivia, racing fillies Truxton, champion race horse Other ponies	1829
Martin Van Buren Two tiger cubs	1837
William Henry Harrison Billy goat Durham cow	1841
John Tyler The General, a horse	1841
Zachary Taylor Old Whitey, a wartime mount	1849
Abraham Lincoln Pig, childhood pet Fido, family pet Ponies belonging to Tad and Willy Lincoln White rabbit Nanny and Nanko, Tad Lincoln’s goats Jack, tad Lincoln’s turkey Jip, Lincoln’s dog Also: cats and dogs	1861
Andrew Johnson Pet mice	1865
Ulysses S. Grant Jeff Davis, wartime mount Cincinnatus, saddle horse Egypt and St. Louis, carriage horse Julia, racer Reb and Billy Button, Shetland ponies Jennie and Mary, Nellie Grant’s mares Butcher Boy, horse Parrot belonging to Jesse Grant Gamecocks belonging to Jesse Grant Faithful, Jesse Grant’s Newfoundland Also: other dogs	1869
Rutherford Hayes Pedigreed Jersey cows Carriage horses Scott’s goats and dogs	1877
James Garfield Kit, Molly Garfield’s mare	1881
Grover Cleveland Canaries and mockingbirds belonging to Mrs. Frances Cleveland Japanese poodle	1885
Benjamin Harrison Dogs and billy goat belonging to grandchildren	1889
William McKinley Mexican double-yellow-headed parrot	1897
Theodore Roosevelt Bleistein, Roosevelt’s favorite horse Renown, Roswell, Rusty, Jocko, Root, Grey, Dawn, Wyoming, and Yangenka, all horses General and Judge, carriage horses Algonquin, Archie Roosevelt’s calico pony Pete, bull terrior Sailor Boy, Chesapeake retriever Jack, Kermit Roosevelt’s terrier Skip, a mongrel Manchu, Alice Roosevelt’s spaniel Emily Spinach, Alice Roosevelt’s snake Snakes belonging to Quentin Roosevelt Tom Quartz, cat Slippers, cat Josiah, badger Dewey Senior, Dewey Junior, Bob Evans, Bishop Doan, and Father O’Grady, all guinea pigs Also: lion, hyena, wildcat, coyote, five bears, two parrots, zebra, barn owl, snakes, lizards, rats, roosters, racoon	1901
William Taft Pauline Wayne, last cow at the White House	1909
Woodrow Wilson Old Ike, the tobacco-chewing ram Sheep	1913
Warren Harding Laddie Boy, Airedale Old Boy, bulldog Canaries belonging to Mrs. Florence Harding	1921
Calvin Coolidge Peter Pan, terrior Paul Pry, Airedale, originally named Laddie Buck Rob Roy, white collie, origially named Oshkosh Prudence Prim, white collie Calamity Jane, Shetland sheepdog Tiny Tim, chow Blackberry, chow Ruby Rough, brown collie Boston Beans, bulldog King Kole, police dog Bessie, yellow collie Palo Alto, bird dog Nip and Tuck, canaries Snowflake, white canary Old Bill, thrush Enoch, goose Mockingbird belonging to Mrs. Grace Coolidge Tiger, alley cat Blacky, cat Rebecca and Horace, racoons Ebenezer, donkey Smokey, bobcat Also: lion cubs, wallaby, pigmy hippo, bear	1923
Herbert Hoover King Tut, police dog Big Ben and Sonnie, fox terriors Glen, Scotch collie Yukon, Eskimo dog Patrick, wolfhound Eaglehurst Gillette, sitter Weejie, elkhound Pat, police dog	1929
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Major, German shepherd Meggie, Scotch terrior Winks, Llewellyn setter Tiny, English sheepdog President, Great Dane Fala, Scotch terrior Blaze, Elliot Roosevelt’s mastiff	1933
Harry S. Truman Feller, the unwanted dog Mike, Margaret Truman’s Irish setter	1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower Heidi, Weimaraner dog	1953
John F. Kennedy Charlie, Caroline Kennedy’s Welsh terrior Tom Kitten, cat Robin, canary Bluebell and Marybelle, parakeets Macaroni, Caroline Kennedy’s pony Tex and Leprechaun, ponies Debbie and Billie, hamsters Pushinka, Shannon, Wolf, and Clipper—dogs Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie and Streaker—Pushinka and Charlie’s pups Zsa Zsa, rabbit Sardar, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s horse	1961
Lyndon B. Johnson Beagle and Little Beagle Him and Her, beagles Blanco, white collie Yuki, mongrel Hamsters and lovebirds	1963
Richard Nixon Checkers, Richard Nixon’s dog while vice president Vicky, poodle Pasha, terrior King Timahoe, Irish setter	1969
Gerald Ford Liberty, Golden Retriever Shan, Susan Ford’s Siamese cat	1974
Jimmy Carter Grits, dog Misty Malarky Ying Yang, Amy Carter’s Siamese cat	1977
Ronald Reagan Lucky, Bouvier des flandres sheep dog Rex, Charles spaniel Also: dogs and horses at ranch	1981
George Bush Millie, Springer spaniel Ranger, one of Millie’s puppies	1989
Bill Clinton Socks the cat	1992