Presidential Pets- A List going Back to the First President, George Washington

We all love our pets and the president of the United States is no exception, here is a list of Presidential pets.

Barack Obama

* Bo – Portuguese Water Dog

George W. Bush

* Spot “Spotty” Fetcher (Mar 17, 1989 – Feb 21, 2004) – female English Springer Spaniel named after Scott Fletcher; Puppy of Millie; Euthanized after suffering a series of strokes.
* Barney – Scottish Terrier
* Miss Beazley (b. Oct 28, 2004) – Scottish Terrier; Nicknamed “Beazley Weazley”; 2005 birthday gift from George to his wife.
* India “Willie” – cat (b.1990-d.January 4, 2009)
* Ofelia – Longhorn cow (lives at Bush’s Crawford ranch)

Bill Clinton

* Socks – Chelsea’s cat (b.March 1989-d. February 20, 2009)
* Buddy – Bill’s chocolate Labrador Retriever (b.1997-Jan 2, 2002)

George H. W. Bush

* Millie – Springer Spaniel
* Ranger – one of Millie’s puppies[5][6]

Ronald Reagan

* Lucky – Bouvier des Flandres[7][8][9]
* Rex – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel [9][10]
* Victory – Golden Retriever [8][9]
* Peggy – Irish Setter [8][9]
* Taca – Siberian Husky [8][9]
* Fuzzy – Belgian sheepdog [8][9]
* Horses at Rancho del Cielo

Jimmy Carter

* Grits – Border Collie[6][11]; Given to his daughter Amy by her teacher, but quickly returned.[12]
* Lewis Brown – Afghan Hound[13]
* Misty Malarky Ying Yang, daughter Amy Carter’s pet – Siamese cat[14]

Gerald Ford

* Liberty – Golden Retriever[6]
* Misty – (Liberty’s puppy born in the White House)
* Shan – Siamese cat[15]

Richard Nixon

* Vicki – Poodle [6][16]
* Pasha – Terrier [6][16]
* King Timahoe – Irish Setter [6][16][17]
* Checkers – Cocker Spaniel (note: Checkers died while Nixon was vice-president, before becoming president, but had played a major role in his electoral career)

Lyndon B. Johnson

* Him and Her – beagles [6][18][19]
* Edgar- beagle [6][18][19]
* Blanco – white Collie [6][18][19]
* Freckles – Beagle [6]
* Yuki – mongrel [6][18][19]
* Hamsters and lovebirds[20]

John F. Kennedy

* Gaullie – Poodle[21]
* Charlie – Welsh Terrier [6]
* Tom Kitten – cat[22]
* Robin – canary[22]
* Bluebell and Marybelle – parakeets[22]
* Macaroni – pony [23]
* Tex and Leprechaun – ponies[22]
* Debbie and Billie – hamsters[22]
* Pushinka – mutt (gift of Russian premier, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)
* Shannon – Irish Cocker Spaniel [6]
* Wolf – (mutt, possibly part Wolfhound and Schnauzer)
* Clipper – German Shepherd[24]
* Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker – (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie)[6]
* Zsa Zsa – a rabbit
* Sardar – horse[25]

Dwight D. Eisenhower

* Heidi – Weimaraner [6]

Harry S. Truman

* Feller – Cocker Spaniel [1] [6]
* Mike – Irish Setter [6]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

* Fala – Scottish Terrier
* Majora – German Shepherd [6]
* Meggie – Scottish Terrier [6]
* Winks – Llewellyn Setter [6]
* Tiny – Old English Sheepdog [6]
* President – Great Dane [6]
* Blaze – Bullmastiff [6]

Herbert Hoover

* King Tut Belgian Shepherd[6][26]
* Pat – German Shepherd[6]
* Big Ben and Sonnie – Fox Terriers [27][28]
* Glen – Scotch Collie [27]
* Yukonan – Eskimo dog [27]
* Patrick – Irish Wolfhound [6]
* Eaglehurst Gillette – Setter [6]
* Weejie – Norwegian Elkhound [6]
* 2 Alligators

Calvin Coolidge

* Rob Roy and Prudence Prim – White collies [27]
* Peter Pan – Terrier [27]
* Paul Pry – Airedale Terrier [27]
* Calamity Jane – Shetland Sheepdog [27]
* Tiny Tim and Blackberry – Chow Chows [27]
* Ruby Rouch – Collie [27]
* Boston Beans – Bulldog [27]
* King Cole – German shepherd [27]
* Palo Alto – Bird dog [27]
* Bessie – Collie
* Rebecca and Horace – Raccoons [14]
* 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

Warren G. Harding

* Laddie Boy – Airedale Terrier[27]
* Old Boy – Bulldog [27]

Woodrow Wilson

* Davie – Airedale Terrier [27]
* 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 [27]
* Skip – Rat Terrier [27]
* Jack and Peter – Terriers [27]
* Blackjack – Manchester Terrier
* Manchu – Pekingese [27]
* Rollo – Saint Bernard
* Sailor Boy – Chesapeake Bay Retriever [27]
* 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 [27]
* Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection – Opossums

Grover Cleveland

* poodle [27]
* mockingbirds

Chester A. Arthur

* No record of any pets

James A. Garfield

* Kit – Horse
* Veto – Dog

Rutherford B. Hayes

* Dot – Cocker Spaniel [27]
* Hector – Newfoundland [27]
* Duke – English Mastiff [27]
* Grim – Greyhound [27]
* 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 [27]
* Rosie – Dog

Andrew Johnson

* Fed white mice he found in his bedroom

Abraham Lincoln

* Nanny and Nanko – goats
* Jack – Turkey
* Fido – Dog [27]
* Jip – Dog [27]
* 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 [27]
* Johnny Ty – Canary
* The General – Horse

William Henry Harrison

* Sukey – Cow
* Goat

Martin Van Buren

* Briefly owned two tiger cubs

Andrew Jackson

* Pol – parrot (taught to swear)
* Fighting cocks
* Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patches and Truxton – Horses

John Quincy Adams

* American Alligator
* Silkworms

James Monroe

* Spaniel [27]

James Madison

* Macaw – Parrot

Thomas Jefferson

* Dick, Mockingbird
* Buzzy and unknown – Briards (dogs) [27]
* 2 Bear Cubs
* Caractacus – Horse

John Adams

* Juno and Satan – Dogs
* Cleopatra – Horse

George Washington

* Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan – American Staghounds
* Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy – Black and Tan Coonhounds [27]
* Royal Gift – Donkey
* Nelson – Horse