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President Pet(s)
George Washington
Sweetlips,[8] Scentwell, and Vulcan[9] (among others)[ps 1] American Foxhounds[nb 1][10][11]
Drunkard,[8] Taster, Tipler, and Tipsy Black and Tan Coonhounds[12]
Royal Gift Andalusian donkey,[13] a gift from King Charles III of Spain[14]
Nelson (17631790) and Blueskin[15] Horses[ps 2][16]
Snipe[nb 2] Parrot[ps 3] Said to have been owned by First Lady Martha Washington.[18]
Cornwallis,[19] named for General Cornwallis[19] Greyhound
Samson, Steady, Leonidas, Traveller, Magnolia[20] Stallions
John Adams
Juno, Mark, and Satan[8] Dogs[ps 2][12]
Cleopatra and Caesar[20] Horse[ps 2]
Thomas Jefferson
Dick Mockingbird;[ps 3] Dick was the favorite from among at least four mockingbirds the president had while in office[21]
Bergθre and Grizzle shepherd dogs from France, possibly Briards[12][22]
Two grizzly bear cubs,[ps 4] male & female pair, gifted from Captain Zebulon Pike[23]
Caractacus Horse, named after Caratacus, a 1st-century British chieftain; offspring of Jefferson's mare Allycroker and a Godolphin Arabian named Young Fearnought[24]
James Madison
Polly Parrot, outlived both James And Dolley Madison[17]
James Monroe
Spaniel[12][ps 4][ps 2] Belonged to youngest daughter, Maria Monroe[25]
Sebastian Siberian Husky
John Quincy Adams
Silkworms[ps 4][ps 1][26] First Lady Louisa Adams spun their silk.[27]
An Alligator gift from the Marquis de Lafayette.[20]
Andrew Jackson
Polly (or "Poll") grey parrot, learned to swear (later attended Jackson's funeral but had to be removed due to loud and persistent profanity)[17]
Fighting cocks[ps 4][ps 1]
Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patch, and Truxton Horses[ps 2] Sam Patch was named after the famous daredevil known as "The Yankee Leaper"
Martin Van Buren
Briefly owned two tiger cubs given to him by the Sultan of Oman before Congress forced him to donate the tigers to the zoo[27][28]
William Henry Harrison
Sukey Durham cow[29]
Goat*
John Tyler
Le Beau Italian Greyhound[12]
Johnny Ty Canary
The General Horse[ps 2]
James K. Polk
No known pets[28]
Zachary Taylor
Old Whitey Horse[ps 2]
Millard Fillmore
Mason and Dixon Ponies[ps 2]
Franklin Pierce
At least two[nb 3] miniature "teacup" Japanese Chin dogs[ps 4], part of a gift exchange with Japan following the Perry Expedition[30]
Two birds from Japan,[ps 4][ps 3] which had just opened its trading posts to the United States.
James Buchanan
Lara Newfoundland
Punch Toy Terrier
Eagle[ps 4][ps 3]
Abraham Lincoln
Nanny and Nanko goats[16]
Jack Turkey, [16] intended as Christmas dinner, but Tad Lincoln intervened[31]
Fido Dog,[8][12] "assassinated"[32] by a drunk with a knife, a few months after Lincoln's assassination;[33] "Fido" became a generic name for a dog because of Lincoln's famous dog[34][35]
Jip Dog[12]
Tabby and Dixie Cats. Lincoln once remarked that Dixie "is smarter than my whole cabinet."[36]
Horse[ps 4][ps 2]
Rabbit[ps 4][ps 2]
Old Bob Horse
Andrew Johnson
Fed white mice he found in his bedroom[ps 4][ps 1][28]
Ulysses S. Grant
Butcher Boy, Cincinnati, Egypt, Jeff Davis (his wartime mount), Jennie, Julia, Mary, and St. Louis Horses.[ps 2] Cincinnati was a thoroughbred of renowned pedigree: son of Lexington, grandson of Boston.[37]
Billy Button and Reb Ponies[ps 2]
Faithful Newfoundland[12]
Rosie Dog[ps 2]
Rutherford B. Hayes
Dot Cocker Spaniel[12]
Hector Newfoundland[12]
Duke English Mastiff[12]
Grim Greyhound[8][12]
Otis Miniature Schnauzer[12]
Juno and Shep Hunting dogs
Jet Dog[ps 2]
Piccolomini Cat[ps 2], (presumably named after the Italian general)
Siam First Siamese cat in the United States
Miss Pussy Siamese cat-Siam and Miss Pussy were gifts from the King of Siam.
James A. Garfield
Kit Horse[ps 2]
Veto[8] Dog[ps 2]
Chester A. Arthur
Rabbit[ps 4][ps 2]
Three horses[ps 4][ps 2]
Grover Cleveland
Hector Japanese Poodle[12]
Mockingbirds[ps 4][ps 3][ps 1]
Three[38] Dachshunds[12]
Benjamin Harrison
Whiskers ("His Whiskers," or "Old Whiskers") Goat,[16][39] kept at the White House for the president's grandchildren; may have belonged to Russell Harrison[40]
Dash Collie[12]
Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection Opossums,[41] named from the 1896 Republican party platform,[42] which includes: "Protection and reciprocity are twin measures of Republican policy and go hand in hand."[43]
William McKinley
Washington Post Yellow-headed Mexican parrot; could whistle "Yankee Doodle"[17]
Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome Angora kittens; named after Spanish general Valeriano Weyler and Spanish ambassador Enrique Dupuy de Lτme
Roosters[ps 4][ps 1]
Theodore Roosevelt
Admiral Dewey, Bishop Doane, Dr. Johnson, Father O'Grady, Fighting Bob Evans guinea pigs[ps 2][45]; namesakes: George Dewey, William Croswell Doane, (likely John O'Grady (priest)) and Robley D. Evans
Algonquin "Calico pony" (Shetland),[45] favored by Roosevelt's son Archie[46]
Baron Spreckle Hen,[ps 2][45] likely named after sugar baron Claus Spreckels
Bill lizard[ps 3][45]
Blackjack Manchester Terrier
Eli Yale Hyacinth macaw[45] Named after the British merchant (also College namesake)
Emily Spinach Garter snake,[ps 3][45] so named by Roosevelt's daughter Alice because "it was as green as spinach and as thin as my Aunt Emily"[47]
Fedelity Pony[ps 2]
Gem and Susan Dogs[ps 2]
Jack[45] and Peter Terriers[ps 2][12]
Jonathan Edwards small black bear from West Virginia[45] named after the religious leader, an ancestor of Mrs. Roosevelt;[48] eventually sent to the Bronx Zoo[49]
Jonathan Piebald rat[ps 3]
Josiah Badger[ps 3][45][50]
Manchu Pekingese[12][45]
Maude Pig[45]
Peter Rabbit[ps 3][45]
Pete Bull Terrier,[12][45][8] exiled to Long Island "after chomping on one too many legs"[51]
Rollo Saint Bernard
Skip Mongrel[12][45]
Sailor Boy Chesapeake Bay Retriever[12][45]
Tom Quartz and Slippers Cats[ps 2], Tom Quartz was named after a cat in a Mark Twain story.[52]
Bill Laughing hyena, gift from Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia[53]
barn owl
One-legged rooster[45]
William Howard Taft
Caruso Dog,[ps 2] a gift for Taft's daughter Helen from opera singer Enrico Caruso; after a White House performance, he decided that cows were not appropriate pets for a little girl[54]
Mooly Wooly and Pauline Wayne Cows[ps 2]
Woodrow Wilson
Davie Airedale Terrier[12]
Old Ike Ram[55]
Puffins Cat[ps 2][55]
Bruce Bull Terrier[55]
Songbirds[ps 4][ps 3][ps 1]
Sheep,[ps 4][ps 1] to keep the White House lawn trimmed "in the most economical way"[55]
Warren G. Harding
Laddie Boy (19201929) Airedale Terrier[8][12]
Old Boy Bulldog[12]
Petey canary[56]
Calvin Coolidge
Rob Roy (19221928) and Prudence Prim White collies[12]
Peter Pan Wirehair Fox Terrier,[57][12] the Coolidge's first White House dog;
Paul Pry Airedale Terrier,[12] half-brother of Warren Harding's Laddy Boy[57]
Calamity Jane Shetland Sheepdog[12]
Tiny Tim and Blackberry Chow Chows[12]
Ruby Rouch Collie[12]
Boston Beans Boston bulldog[12]
King Cole Belgian Sheepdog (Groenendael)[58]
Palo Alto ("Palo") A black and white English Setter, a bird dog that Coolidge soon gave to Colonel Starling,[57] chief of the Secret Service detail in the White House[59]
Bessie Collie
Rebecca Raccoon,[ps 3][60][58] Rebecca was intended for a Thanksgiving feast; First Lady Grace had a tree-house built for her instead[57]
Ebeneezer Donkey
Nip and Tuck Canaries, both olive green in color; the Coolidge's first birds[57]
Peter Piper and Snowflake Two more canaries; Snowflake was white[57]
Goldy A "yellow bird"[ps 3][58][57]
Do-Funny a trained songbird (troupial)[ps 3] from South America;[57] said to be Mrs. Coolidge's favorite bird[58]
Enoch Goose[ps 3]
Smoky Bobcat
Blacky, Bounder, Climber (or "Mud"), and Tiger (or "Tige") Cats,[57][ps 2] Climber was a Maltese Angora cat; Climber and Bounder were cousins from Coolidge's home state of Vermont[58]
Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau Lion cubs from Johannesburg, South Africa[58]
Billy Pygmy hippopotamus
A wallaby
A duiker (a very small type of antelope)
Bruno A black bear from Chihuahua, Mexico; Mrs. Coolidge promptly sent him to a zoo[58]
Pekin Ducks Thirteen were received as an Easter gift; Mrs. Coolidge attempted to raise them in a White House bathroom, but eventually sent them to a zoo[58]
Herbert Hoover
King Tut Belgian Shepherd[61][62]
Pat German Shepherd[61]
Big Ben and Sonnie Fox Terriers[12][63]
Glen Scotch Collie[12]
Yukonan Eskimo dog[12]
Patrick Irish Wolfhound[61]
Eaglehurst Gillette Setter[61]
Weejie Norwegian Elkhound[61]
Two alligators[64]
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fala (19401952) Scottish Terrier[16]
Major German Shepherd[61]
Meggie Scottish Terrier[61]
Winks Llewellyn Setter[61]
Tiny Old English Sheepdog[61]
President Great Dane[8][61]
Blaze Bullmastiff[61]
Harry S. Truman
Feller Cocker Spaniel,[61][65] because the Trumans "preferred to be a pet-free family" he was given as a puppy to Truman's personal physician[66]
Mike Irish Setter[61]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gabby parakeet[67]
Heidi weimaraner[68]
John F. Kennedy
Gaullie Poodle[69]
Charlie Welsh Terrier[61]
Tom Kitten Cat[ps 2][70]
Robin Canary[70]
Bluebell and Marybelle Parakeets[70]
Macaroni Pony[71]
Moe; Doberman Pinscher[70]
Tex and Leprechaun Ponies[70]
Billie and Debbie Hamsters[70]
Pushinka dog (gift of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)[8]
Shannon Irish Cocker Spaniel[61]
Wolf Dog, mix of Irish Wolfhound and Schnauzer[72]
Clipper German Shepherd Dog[73]
Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie)[61]
Zsa Zsa Rabbit
Sardar Horse[ps 2][74]
Lyndon B. Johnson
Him and Her Beagles[61][75][76]
Edgar Beagle[8][61][75][76]
Blanco white Collie[61][75][76]
Freckles Beagle[61]
Yuki Mongrel dog[61][75][76]
Hamsters[ps 2]
lovebirds[ps 3][77]
Richard Nixon
Vicki Poodle[61][78]
Pasha Terrier[61][78]
King Timahoe Irish Setter[61][78][79]
Checkers[8] (19521964) Cocker Spaniel[nb 5]
Gerald Ford
Susan Ford & Shan the Siamese cat
Susan Ford, daughter of Gerald Ford, and the family's siamese cat, Shan, in 1974
Ford and Liberty in the Oval Office
Ford and Liberty in the Oval Office
Liberty (February 8, 19741984) Golden Retriever[61]
Lucky Dog*[8]
Misty (Liberty's puppy born in the White House)
Shan Siamese cat[80]
Jimmy Carter
Grits Border Collie (mix);[61][81] Given to his daughter Amy by her teacher, but quickly returned[82] after snapping at several White House visitors[8]
Lewis Brown Afghan Hound[83]
Misty Malarky Ying Yang, daughter Amy Carter's pet Siamese cat[60]
Ronald Reagan
Lucky Bouvier des Flandres[84][85][86]
Rex (December 16, 1984August 31, 1998) Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.[86][87]
Victory Golden Retriever[85][86]
Peggy Irish Setter[85][86] m
Taca Siberian Husky[85][86]
Fuzzy Belgian sheepdog[85][86]
Horses (El Alamein, Nancy D, Baby, Little Man, and others) at Rancho del Cielo[88][89]
Cleo and Sara - Tortoiseshell cats at Rancho del Cielo[90]
George H. W. Bush
Millie (January 12, 1985May 19, 1997) Springer Spaniel.[8]
Ranger one of Millie's puppies[61][91]
Bill Clinton
Socks (1989February 20, 2009) The Clintons' cat.[39]
Buddy (August 7, 1997January 2, 2002) Bill's chocolate Labrador retriever[39]
George W. Bush
Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (March 17, 1989February 21, 2004) female English Springer Spaniel named after Scott Fletcher; Puppy of Millie;[8] Euthanized after suffering a series of strokes.
Barney (September 30, 2000February 1, 2013) Scottish Terrier.[8][92]
Miss Beazley (October 28, 2004May 17, 2014) Scottish Terrier; Nicknamed "Beazley Weazley"; 2005 birthday gift from George to his wife.[8][92]
India "Willie" cat (July 13, 1990January 4, 2009)
Ofelia Longhorn cow (lives at Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch)
Barack Obama
Bo[8] (born October 9, 2008) Portuguese Water Dog.
Sunny[93][94] (born June 11, 2012) Portuguese Water Dog.
Donald Trump
No known pets[28]