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
Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
  • Checkers, Cocker Spaniel, Richard Nixon's dog while vice president. Died in 1964, while her owner was out of office and working as a lawyer in New York. Buried in Bide-a-Wee Pet Cemetery, on Long Island.
  • Vicky, Poodle
  • Pasha, Terrier
  • King Timahoe, an Irish Setter
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Benjamin Harrison
  • Whiskers, Goat
  • Dash, Collie
  • Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection, Opossums
Grover Cleveland
Chester A. Arthur
  • No record of any pets
James A. Garfield
  • Kit, Horse
  • Veto (named as a threat to Congress), Dog
Rutherford B. Hayes
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 (was saved by Tad Lincoln [2])
  • Fido (first presidential pet to be photographed), Dog
  • Horse
  • Rabbit
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
  • Seven miniature Oriental dogs
  • Two birds from Japan
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
  • Old Whitey, Horse
James K. Polk
  • Horse
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
  • Sukey, Cow
  • Goat
Martin Van Buren
  • Briefly owned two tiger cubs
Andrew Jackson
  • Pol, Parrot (was taught to swear)
  • Fighting cocks
  • Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patches and Truxton, Horses
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
  • Juno and Satan, Dogs
  • Cleopatra, Horse
George Washington
  • Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan, Staghounds
  • Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy, Black and tan hounds
  • Royal Gift, Donkey
  • Nelson, Horse

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