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[[File:Socks the Cat Explores.jpg|thumb|right|[[Socks (cat)|Socks]] at the [[James S. Brady Press Briefing Room|White House Press Briefing Room]] lectern in 1993]]
[[File:Grace Coolidge with dogs crop.jpg|thumb|right|[[Grace Coolidge]] with Laddie Boy, an [[Airedale Terrier]], and [[Rob Roy (dog)|Rob Roy]], a white [[Collie]]]]Most [[President of the United States|United States presidents]] have kept [[pet]]s while in office, or pets have been part of [[First Family of the United States|their families]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/whitehousepets-1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010410215504/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/whitehousepets-1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2001 |title=Presidential Pet Museum |publisher=Presidential Pet Museum |access-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref> Only [[James K. Polk]], [[Andrew Johnson]], and [[Donald Trump]] did not have any presidential pets while in office<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/donald-trump-pets-dogs/|title=Donald Trump Is Still Against Dogs, No Matter How 'Good Politically' They Look|author=Park, Andrea|magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]]|date=February 12, 2019|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> (however, Johnson did take care of some mice he found in his bedroom).<ref name="thoughtlongley" />
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==History of White House pets==
[[File:WhiteHousePets, ValentinesDay2007.jpg|thumb|[[Barney (dog)|Barney]], [[India (cat)|India]], and [[Miss Beazley]], three pets of the [[George W. Bush]] White House]]
[[File:FDR-Memorial-Fala-Roosevelt.jpg|thumb|Statues of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and his dog [[Fala (dog)|Fala]] at the [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial]]]]
The first White House dog to receive regular newspaper coverage was [[Warren G. Harding]]'s dog [[Laddie Boy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://toledogazette.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/famous-and-forgotten-toledos-laddie-boy-the-first-presidential-pet/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814043256/http://toledogazette.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/famous-and-forgotten-toledos-laddie-boy-the-first-presidential-pet/|url-status=dead|title=Famous and Forgotten, Toledo's Laddie Boy, The First Presidential Pet|date=August 6, 2012|archive-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>

Pets also featured in presidential elections. [[Herbert Hoover]] got a "Belgian Police Dog" ([[Belgian Malinois]]),<ref name="Hoover Library & Museum" /> King Tut, during his campaign and pictures of him with his new dog were sent all across the United States.

[[Theodore Roosevelt]] was known for having many pets in the White House. He had six children who owned pets including snakes, dogs, cats, a badger, birds, and guinea pigs.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 1, 2014|title=Presidential Pets|url=https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/presidential-pets|access-date=October 19, 2021|website=History|language=en}}</ref>

In 1944, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was running for his fourth term when rumors surfaced that his [[Scottish Terrier]], [[Fala (dog)|Fala]], had accidentally been left behind when visiting the [[Aleutian Islands]]. After allegedly sending back ships to rescue his dog, Roosevelt was ridiculed and accused of spending thousands of taxpayers' dollars to retrieve his dog. At a speech following this Roosevelt said, "You can criticize me, my wife and my family, but you can't criticize my little dog. He's [[Scotch (adjective)|Scottish]] and all these allegations about spending all this money have just made his little soul furious."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/1944RadioNews |title=1944 Radio News, 1944-09-23 FDR Teamsters Union Address – Fala (27:45–30:08) |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |access-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313143419/https://archive.org/details/1944RadioNews |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> What was later called the "Fala speech" reportedly helped secure reelection for Roosevelt.<ref name="NCC">{{cite web|title=Fala, the dog who helped win a presidential election|url=https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/fala-the-dog-who-helped-win-a-presidential-election|website=[[National Constitution Center]]|access-date=November 17, 2017|language=en|date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014606/https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/fala-the-dog-who-helped-win-a-presidential-election|archive-date=October 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Richard Nixon]] was accused of hiding a secret [[slush fund]] during his candidacy for vice president under [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952. He gave the televised "[[Checkers speech]]" named after his cocker spaniel, denying he had a slush fund but admitting, "there is one thing that I did get as a gift that I'm not going to give back."<ref name="k-state.edu">{{cite web |author = Anne Emig | work = K-State Perspective | url=http://www.k-state.edu/media/WEB/News/Webzine/0302/pastpets.html |title=Presidential pets of the past |publisher=K-state.edu |date=Summer 2004 |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212174847/http://www.k-state.edu/media/WEB/News/Webzine/0302/pastpets.html |archive-date=December 12, 2012  }}</ref> The gift was a black-and-white [[American Cocker Spaniel|cocker spaniel]], Checkers, given to his daughters. Although there had been talk of Nixon being dropped from the ticket, following his speech he received an increase in support and [[Mamie Eisenhower]] reportedly recommended he stay because he was "such a warm person."<ref>DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine; Oct2008, Vol. 39 Issue 10, p22-22, 2/3p{{title missing}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ethan |last=Trex |date=November 6, 2008 |url=http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19928 |title=The Bizarre History of White House Pets |work=[[Mental Floss]] |access-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615095820/http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19928 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] caused controversy when he was photographed lifting his [[beagle]]s, named Him and Her, by their ears. Some did not understand the controversy; former president [[Harry S. Truman]] said, "What the hell are the critics complaining about; that's how you handle hounds."<ref name="k-state.edu"/> Him died after he was run over by the presidential limousine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ghostsofdc |date=2012-08-17 |title=LBJ's Beagle Run Over and Killed in White House Driveway |url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/08/17/lbj-white-house-dog-killed/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ghosts of DC |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Bill Clinton]] moved into the White House with [[Socks (cat)|Socks]], a [[tuxedo cat]], who in 1991 was reported to have jumped into the arms of [[Chelsea Clinton]] after piano lessons while the Clintons were living in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].  He was later joined in 1997 by [[Buddy (Bill Clinton's dog)|Buddy]], a [[Labrador Retriever]], during Clinton's second term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/nyregion/buddy-socks-s-nemesis-is-dead.html|title=Buddy, Socks's Nemesis, Is Dead|author=Archibold, Randal C.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 4, 2002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> The two pets reportedly did not get along, with Clinton later saying "I did better with the Palestinians and the Israelis than I've done with Socks and Buddy" while [[Hillary Clinton]] said Socks "despised" Buddy at first sight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/12/sunny-obama-knocks-down-girl-video|title=Sunny Obama and History's Top 10 Most Poorly Behaved White House Pets|author=Weiner, Juli|publisher=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=December 5, 2013|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>  The two were, however, the subject of a book, ''[[Dear Socks, Dear Buddy|Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets]]'' written by then [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] Hillary Clinton and appeared as cartoons in the kids' section of the first White House website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2010/1115/5-children-s-books-by-US-politicians/Dear-Socks-Dear-Buddy-Kids-Letters-to-the-First-Pets-by-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton|author=Dunne, Nora|publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|title=5 children's books by US politicians|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>

While [[George W. Bush]] was president, he had three dogs and a cat at the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/presidential-pets/5/|author=Waslsh, Susan|publisher=[[CBS News]]|title=Presidential Pets|date=August 4, 2010|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> Among the canines was [[Spot Fetcher]], an [[English Springer Spaniel]] and the offspring of [[George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush's]] dog, [[Millie (dog)|Millie]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/1999/07/01/white-house-dynasty-its-just-a-matter-of-pet-igree/|title=White House Dynasty? It's Just a Matter of Pet-Igree|author=Orin, Deborah|publisher=[[New York Post]]|date=July 1, 1999|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>  This made Spotty the first animal to live in the White House under two different administrations, having been born there in 1989 and passed away there in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/22/us/bushes-mourn-death-of-their-dog-spot.html |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Bushes Mourn Death of Their Dog Spot |date=February 22, 2004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 27, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

[[Barack Obama|Barack]] and [[Michelle Obama]] were without pets prior to the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 election]], but promised [[Family of Barack Obama|their daughters]] they could get a dog when the family moved into the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/gallery/2015/10/bo-obama-birthday-photo-gallery-002120?slide=1|author=D'Abruzzo, Diana|title=Bo Obama turns 7! A look inside the first dog's fetching life|publisher=Politico|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> They selected [[Bo (dog)|Bo]], a [[Portuguese Water Dog]], partly due to [[Malia Obama]]'s allergies and the need for a hypoallergenic pet.<ref>{{cite web|first=Johanna|last=Neuman|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/dog-for-obamas.html |title=New first dog: The Obamas choose a Portuguese water dog |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 25, 2009 |access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> The puppy was a gift from Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]<ref>{{Cite news|author=Roig-Franzia, Manuel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/11/AR2009041102484_2.html?sid=ST2009041202878 |title=The First Puppy Makes a Big Splash|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date= April 12, 2009|access-date=April 26, 2009}}</ref> and was later joined by [[Sunny (dog)|Sunny]], a female of the same breed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feldmann|first=Lindie|title=New little girl arrives at White House. Meet Sunny Obama. (+video)|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2013/0820/New-little-girl-arrives-at-White-House.-Meet-Sunny-Obama.-video|publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|date=August 20, 2013|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>  Bo was featured in the 2010 children's book ''[[Of Thee I Sing (book)|Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters]]'', written by President Obama with illustrations by [[Loren Long]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8138576/Barack-Obama-releases-childrens-book-Of-Thee-I-Sing.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8138576/Barack-Obama-releases-childrens-book-Of-Thee-I-Sing.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Barack Obama releases children's book ''Of Thee I Sing''|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|author=Spillius, Alex|date=November 11, 2010|access-date=September 28, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Joe Biden|Joe]] and [[Jill Biden]] moved into the White House with two [[German Shepherd]]s, Champ and Major.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mackelden|first=Amy|title=''Joe Biden's Dogs Major and Champ Will Be the First Presidential Pups in the White House in Four Years''|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a34680434/joe-biden-dogs/|publisher=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> Major was the first [[shelter dog]] in the White House, while Champ returned to Washington, having joined the Biden family during Joe Biden's tenure as vice-president.<ref>{{cite web|title=Another Great Thing About Biden's Win: There's Going to Be a Dog in the White House Again!|author=Sophie Vershbow|date=November 7, 2020|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/biden-dog-in-the-white-house|publisher=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref> The Bidens announced the death of 13-year-old Champ on June 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 19, 2021|title=Bidens announce death of 'first dog' Champ|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-announce-death-first-dog-champ-2021-06-19/|access-date=June 20, 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref> In December 2021, the Bidens announced the arrival of a pedigreed German Shepherd puppy named Commander, gifted to them by Joe Biden's brother. Officials later told the press that Major had been rehomed to a quieter environment following a series of biting incidents. The Bidens had also promised they would get a cat, and they fulfilled that promise in January 2022 by adding a two-year-old gray tabby, [[Willow (Joe Biden's cat)|Willow]], to the family.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Kate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/us/politics/biden-cat-willow.html |title=Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has Arrived |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 28, 2022 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=January 28, 2022}}</ref>

==List of presidential pets==
In addition to traditional pets, this list includes some animals normally considered livestock or working animals that have a close association with presidents or their families.  Presidents have often been given exotic animals from foreign dignitaries; occasionally these are kept, but often they are promptly donated to a zoo.

===George Washington===
[[File:Portrait-of-george-washington-taking-the-salute-at-trenton-john-faed.jpg|thumb|''[[Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton]]'' by [[John Faed]] shows Washington on his horse Blueskin]]
* Sweetlips,<ref name="usnews">{{cite web|title=Do You Have a Dog in This Election? Pets Are Presidential|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/11/05/do-you-have-a-dog-in-this-election-pets-are-presidential|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=June 19, 2013|author=Pamela Redmond Satran|author-link1=Pamela Redmond Satran|date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820133150/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/11/05/do-you-have-a-dog-in-this-election-pets-are-presidential|archive-date=August 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Scentwell and Vulcan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/washington-stories/solider-statesman-dog-lover-george-washingtons-pups/|title=Soldier, Statesman, Dog-Lover: George Washington's Pups|website=George Washington's Mount Vernon|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015330/http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/washington-stories/solider-statesman-dog-lover-george-washingtons-pups/|archive-date=August 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> (among others)<ref name="number unknown" group="key" /> – [[American Foxhound]]s{{efn|Washington was an avid dog breeder; he called the breed that he was developing "Virginia Hounds"; which eventually became [[American Foxhound]]s<ref name="AKC Washington">{{cite web|title=American Foxhound History & Training/Temperament|url=https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/american-foxhound/detail/#history|website=American Kennel Club|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305115627/http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/american-foxhound/detail/#history|archive-date=March 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dogs|url=http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/dogs/|website=George Washington's Mount Vernon|publisher=[[Mount Vernon Ladies' Association]]|access-date=February 1, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005712/http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/dogs/|archive-date=February 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
* Drunkard,<ref name="usnews"/> Taster, Tipler, and Tipsy – [[Black and Tan Coonhound]]s<ref name=choron2/>
* Royal Gift – [[Andalusian donkey]],<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mary V. Thompson|title=Donkeys|url=http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/donkeys/|website=George Washington's Mount Vernon|publisher=[[Mount Vernon Ladies' Association]]|access-date=February 1, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005657/http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/donkeys/|archive-date=February 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> a gift from [[King Charles III of Spain]]<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mary Brigid Barrett|title=Presidential Menageries: Washington's Mules and Hounds|url=http://ourwhitehouse.org/presidential-menageries/|website=Our White House|publisher=The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance|access-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430190819/http://ourwhitehouse.org/presidential-menageries/|archive-date=April 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Nelson (horse)|Nelson]] (1763–1790) and [[Blueskin (horse)|Blueskin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/nelson-horse/|title=Nelson (Horse)|website=George Washington's Mount Vernon|access-date=November 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117002852/http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/nelson-horse|archive-date=November 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> – [[horse]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key">Breed unknown</ref><ref name=WhiteHouse(1999)>{{cite web|title=Spring 1999: Presidential Pets|url=http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/Spring99-2.html|work=Inside the White House|publisher=nara.gov|access-date=December 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231081559/http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/Spring99-2.html|archive-date=December 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> that were Washington's wartime mounts
* Snipe{{efn|Some sources reference the name "Polly"<ref name="Parrots-Lafeber">{{cite web|last1=Doering|first1=Laura|title=Presidents & Their Pet Parrots|url=https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/presidents-their-parrots/|website=Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.|publisher=Lafeber|access-date=January 25, 2018|date=February 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070937/https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/presidents-their-parrots/|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}} – [[parrot]]<ref name="species unknown" group="key">Species unknown</ref> said to have been owned by First Lady [[Martha Washington]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Alissa|title=First Pets: A History of Critters in the White House|url=http://petshops.about.com/od/PetBusinessResources/p/First-Pets-In-The-White-House.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113195936/http://petshops.about.com/od/PetBusinessResources/p/First-Pets-In-The-White-House.htm|archive-date=November 13, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Cornwallis<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = George Washington: An American Life|last = Calkhoven|first = Laurie|publisher = Sterling Publishing Company, Inc|year = 2007|isbn = 9781402735462|location = Edison, NJ|page = 91}}</ref> – [[greyhound]] named for [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|General Cornwallis]]<ref name=":0" />
* Samson, Steady, Leonidas, Traveller, and Magnolia<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/whitehousepets-4/|title=White House Pets (1789–1850) – Presidential Pet Museum|language=en-US|access-date=September 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920123411/http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/whitehousepets-4|archive-date=September 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> – [[stallion]]s

===John Adams===
* Juno, Mark, and Satan<ref name="usnews"/> – [[dog]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Cleopatra and Caesar<ref name=":1" /> – [[horse]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />

===Thomas Jefferson===
* [[Dick the Mockingbird|Dick]] – [[mockingbird]];<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /> Dick was the favorite from among at least four mockingbirds the president had while in office<ref>{{cite web|title=Mockingbirds|url=https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/mockingbirds|website=Thomas Jefferson's Monticello|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Foundation|access-date=January 25, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071004/https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/mockingbirds|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bergère and Grizzle – shepherd dogs from France, possibly [[Briard]]s<ref name=choron2/><ref>{{cite web|title=Dogs|url=https://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/dogs|website=Thomas Jefferson's Monticello|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Foundation|access-date=January 25, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071016/https://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/dogs|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Two [[grizzly bear]] cubs,<ref name="name unknown" group="key">Name unknown</ref> a male and female pair given by [[Zebulon Pike|Captain Zebulon Pike]]. Jefferson deemed them "too dangerous & troublesome for me to keep" and gave them to [[Charles Willson Peale]]'s [[Peale's Philadelphia Museum|Philadelphia Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Grizzly Bears|url=https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/grizzly-bears|website=Thomas Jefferson's Monticello|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Foundation|access-date=January 25, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126184934/https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/grizzly-bears|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Caractacus – [[horse]] named after [[Caratacus]], a 1st-century British chieftain. The horse was the offspring of Jefferson's mare Allycroker and a [[Godolphin Arabian]] named Young Fearnought<ref>{{cite web|title=Caractacus|url=https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/caractacus|website=Thomas Jefferson's Monticello|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Foundation|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070953/https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/caractacus|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Sheep]] – beginning in 1807, the president bred sheep from "four of the most remarkeable varieties{{efn|Including a "Bengal ewe" ([[Domestication of the sheep#India|Desi sheep]]) and "a ram and a ewe of the [[Tunisian Barbarin|Barbary Broadtail breed]]"; see [[American Tunis]]<ref name= "Jefferson sheep"/>}}  [...]  ''[[pro bono publico]].''"  By spring 1808, there were nearly 40 sheep grazing at the president's house. One notorious [[Shetland sheep|Shetland ram]] was said to have killed "a fine little boy."<ref name=
"Jefferson sheep">{{cite web |title=Sheep |url=https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/sheep |website=monticello.org |publisher=Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>

===James Madison===
* Polly – a [[parrot]] that outlived both James and [[Dolley Madison]]<ref name="Parrots-Lafeber"/>
* [[Sheep]] – grazed on the White House lawn<ref name=mob>{{Cite book |last=Moberg |first=Julia |title=Presidential Pets The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House |date=2012 |publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]] |location=[[Bournemouth]], UK |isbn=978-1-9361-4079-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/presidentialpets0000mobe/mode/2up |access-date=2024-08-29 |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive text collection]] |url-access=limited}}</ref>

===James Monroe===
* A [[spaniel]]<ref name=choron2/> whose name is unknown belonged to Monroe's youngest daughter, [[Maria Hester Monroe Gouverneur|Maria Hester Monroe]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Pets |url=https://academics.umw.edu/jamesmonroepapers/2022/09/02/presidential-pets/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=Papers of James Monroe|date=September 2, 2022 }}</ref> who the family called "Buddy"<ref name=mob/>
* Sheepdogs were provided by [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]] as working dogs on Monroe's farm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Pets |url=https://academics.umw.edu/jamesmonroepapers/2022/09/02/presidential-pets/ |website=Papers of James Monroe|date=September 2, 2022 }}</ref>

===John Quincy Adams===
*[[Silkworm]]s<ref name="number unknown" group="key">Number unknown</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2jlRq_0gOMC&pg=PA516 |title=The Handy Science Answer Book | publisher=Visible Ink Press | year=2011 | access-date=December 22, 2012|isbn=9781578593217 }}</ref> whose silk First Lady [[Louisa Adams]] spun.<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisa Adams Biography |url=http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=6 |website=www.firstladies.org |publisher=National First Ladies' Library |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220235928/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=6 |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NCBLA">{{cite web|last1=Lang|first1=Heather|title=Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Animals at the White House|url=http://ourwhitehouse.org/lions-and-tigers-and-bear-oh-my-wild-animals-at-the-white-house/|website=Our White House|publisher=[[National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance]]|access-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921172401/http://ourwhitehouse.org/lions-and-tigers-and-bear-oh-my-wild-animals-at-the-white-house/|archive-date=September 21, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*<!-- strictly speaking, not a "Presidential pet", but recommend keeping -->An [[alligator]]<ref name=":1" /> – Said to have belonged to [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]] and housed for two months in the [[East Room]].{{efn|The East Room was still under repair following the 1814 [[Burning of Washington#White House|burning of the White House]] by the British, and was primarily used for storage.  During the [[visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States]], Lafayette acquired several tons of gifts (including the alligator) that was stored there.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitcomb |first1=John |last2=Whitcomb |first2=Claire |title=Real Life at the White House: Two Hundred Years of Daily Life at America's Most Famous Residence |date=2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=9780415939515 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1unoHtahSsC&pg=PA52 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=1963: "The Creation of the President's House" in Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C.|page=37 |journal = Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C.|volume = 63/65|jstor = 40067353|last1 = Pearce|first1 = John Newton|year = 1963}}</ref> much to the consternation of visitors.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Truman |first1=Margaret |author-link1=Margaret Truman |title=White House Pets |date=2016 |publisher=New Word City |isbn=9781612309392 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rh12CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5 |language=en}}</ref> Possibly sent to France aboard the [[USS Brandywine|USS ''Brandywine'']]}}{{efn|See: [[USS Brandywine#1825: Conveying Marquis de Lafayette to France|Conveying Marquis de Lafayette to France]]}} Although this story has been widely circulated, the lack of evidence from contemporary accounts or official records suggests an apocryphal myth.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hager |first1=Andrew |title=Bitten by an Alligator |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/blog/bitten-by-an-alligator/ |website=Presidential Pet Museum |access-date=December 21, 2018 |date=February 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182536/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/blog/bitten-by-an-alligator/ |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dorre |first1=Howard |title=John Quincy Adams's Pet Alligator Was A Crock |url=https://www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john-quincy-adams-pet-alligator-is-crock.html |website=Plodding through the Presidents |access-date=December 21, 2018 |date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221090559/https://www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john-quincy-adams-pet-alligator-is-crock.html |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Andrew Jackson===
* [[Poll (parrot)|Poll]] – [[grey parrot]] who learned to swear. She later attended Jackson's funeral but had to be removed due to loud and persistent profanity.<ref name="Parrots-Lafeber"/>
* [[Fighting cock]]s<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="number unknown" group="key" />
* Bolivia, Emily, Lady Nashville, Sam Patch, and Truxton – [[horse]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> Sam Patch was named after the famous daredevil known as "[[Sam Patch|The Yankee Leaper.]]"

===Martin Van Buren===
* Two [[tiger]] cubs – Van Buren received them from [[Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman]] but Congress quickly forced him to donate the tigers to the zoo.<ref name="NCBLA" /><ref name="thoughtlongley">{{cite news|last1=Longley|first1=Robert|title=First Pets: Animals in the White House|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/white-house-pets-4144590|access-date=July 11, 2017|work=ThoughtCo.|date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014011227/https://www.thoughtco.com/white-house-pets-4144590|archive-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><!--When did he own them? Was it during his presidency?-->  This story, however, might be the result of a misunderstanding.<ref name="Slate 2021">{{cite web |last1=Dessem |first1=Matthew |title=The Best (and Worst) Presidential Pets in American History, Ranked |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/01/presidential-pets-best-ever-ranked.html |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=February 5, 2021 |language=en |date=January 31, 2021}}</ref>

===William Henry Harrison===
* Sukey – [[Shorthorn|Durham]] [[cow]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2jlRq_0gOMC&pg=PA516
|title=The Handy Science Answer Book | publisher=Visible Ink Press | date=2011 | access-date=October 3, 2015|isbn=9781578593217 }}</ref>
* Whisker – [[Goat]]

===John Tyler===
* Le Beau – [[Italian Greyhound]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Johnny Ty – [[Domestic canary|canary]].<!--Does 'domestic canary mean a specific species or any domesticated canary?--> Brought to the White House by Tyler's second wife, [[Julia Gardiner Tyler]]<ref name="Slate(2021-01-31)" />
* [[The General (horse)|The General]] – [[horse]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />

===James K. Polk===
* ''None''<ref name="thoughtlongley" />

===Zachary Taylor===
* [[Old Whitey (horse)|Old Whitey]] – [[horse]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> Taylor's wartime mount
* Apollo – Pony;<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> formerly a "trick pony" from a circus, a present for Taylor's daughter [[Mary Elizabeth Bliss|Betty]] and resided in the White House stables with Old Whitey<ref>{{cite web |title=Apollo, Zachary Taylor's Pony |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/apollo-zachary-taylor-pony/ |website=Presidential Pet Museum |access-date=December 19, 2018 |date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230521/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/apollo-zachary-taylor-pony/ |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Millard Fillmore===
* Mason and Dixon – [[ponies]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />

===Franklin Pierce===
* At least two{{efn|Number uncertain, perhaps received as many as seven. "Pierce was thought to have kept one dog, and he gave the other to his Secretary of War, [[Jefferson Davis]]. Davis was particularly pleased with the dog and was known to have carried it with him in his pocket."<ref name="Teacup" /> }} miniature "teacup" [[Japanese Chin]] [[dog]]s,<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /> part of a gift exchange with Japan following the [[Perry Expedition]]<ref name="Teacup">{{cite web|author1=Kate Kelly|title=Teacup Dogs Owned by President Franklin Pierce|url=http://americacomesalive.com/2015/08/05/teacup-dogs-owned-by-president-franklin-pierce/|website=America Comes Alive|access-date=August 27, 2017|date=August 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827212711/http://americacomesalive.com/2015/08/05/teacup-dogs-owned-by-president-franklin-pierce/|archive-date=August 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Two [[bird]]s from Japan,<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><!--We can't even place the order, all we can say is 'birds native to Japan'.--> which had just opened its trading posts to the United States.

===James Buchanan===
* Lara – [[Newfoundland (dog)|Newfoundland]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Presidents Of The United States & The Pets They Owned | date=September 14, 2017 |url=https://www.info-france-usa.org/presidents-of-the-usa-and-their-pets/#:~:text=James%20Buchanan%20owned%20an%20eagle,was%20smarter%20than%20his%20cabinet.}}</ref>
* Punch – [[Toy terrier]]
* [[Eagle]]<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="species unknown" group="key" />
* 2 [[Thai elephant|Thai Elephants]] – Sent from the king of Siam but they arrived when [[Abraham Lincoln]] was president. Refused.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter to the King of Siam (February 3, 1862) |url=https://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/letter-to-the-king-of-siam-february-3-1862/.}}</ref>

===Abraham Lincoln===
[[File:Old Bob or Old Robin.png|right|thumb|[[Old Bob]] caparisoned in a mourning blanket at Abraham Lincoln's funeral]]
* [[Nanny and Nanko]] – [[goat]]s<ref name=WhiteHouse(1999) />
* Jack – Turkey,<ref name=WhiteHouse(1999) /> intended as Christmas dinner, but [[Tad Lincoln]] intervened<ref>{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Gilbert|title=The History of Pardoning Turkeys Began With Tad Lincoln|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-pardoning-turkeys-began-with-tad-lincoln-141137570/|website=Smithsonian|access-date=January 26, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126125527/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-pardoning-turkeys-began-with-tad-lincoln-141137570/|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Fido (Lincoln dog)|Fido]] – [[dog]],<ref name="usnews"/><ref name=choron2/> "assassinated"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ackermann|first1=Ann Marie|title=Lincoln's dog Fido: A Faithful Pet Assassinated Like His Master|url=https://www.annmarieackermann.com/lincolns-dog-fido/|website=www.annmarieackermann.com|access-date=May 16, 2018|date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082130/https://www.annmarieackermann.com/lincolns-dog-fido/|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> by a drunk with a knife, a few months after Lincoln's assassination;<ref>{{cite web|last1=McClarey|first1=Donald R.|title=Lincoln's Dog Fido|url=https://the-american-catholic.com/2011/01/30/lincolns-dog-fido/|website=The American Catholic|access-date=May 16, 2018|date=January 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082251/https://the-american-catholic.com/2011/01/30/lincolns-dog-fido/|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> "Fido" became a generic name for a dog because of Lincoln's famous dog<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coren|first1=Stanley|author-link1=Stanley Coren|title=Why Are Dogs So Frequently Called "Fido"?|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201110/why-are-dogs-so-frequently-called-fido|website=Psychology Today|publisher=Sussex Publishers|access-date=May 16, 2018|location=Canine Corner|date=October 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Where Does the Dog Name Fido Come From?|url=https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/did-you-know/where-does-the-dog-name-fido-come-from/|website=American Kennel Club|access-date=May 16, 2018|date=January 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082335/https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/did-you-know/where-does-the-dog-name-fido-come-from/|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Jip – [[dog]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Tabby and Dixie – [[cat]]s.  Lincoln once remarked that Dixie "is smarter than my whole cabinet."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/abraham-lincoln-cats/ |title=Abraham Lincoln's Cats |access-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429220857/http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/abraham-lincoln-cats/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=live |date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref>
* Horse<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Rabbit<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* [[Old Bob]] – horse
* [[Pig]] – One lived on the White House grounds<ref name=mob/>

===Andrew Johnson===
* ''None'', however, Johnson fed white mice he found in his bedroom<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="number unknown" group="key" /><ref name="thoughtlongley" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/andrew-johnsons-mice/ | title=Andrew Johnson's Mice }}</ref>

===Ulysses S. Grant===
* Butcher's Boy, [[Cincinnati (horse)|Cincinnati]], Egypt, Jeff Davis (his wartime mount), Jennie, Julia, Mary, and St. Louis – [[Horse]]s.<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> Grant purchased Butcher's Boy from a butcher following an impromptu race on [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] streets where he lost to this horse pulling a butcher's cart.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bushong |first1=William |title=Presidents as Horsemen |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidents-as-horsemen |website=The White House Historical Association |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716000501/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidents-as-horsemen |archive-date=July 16, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Cincinnati (horse)|Cincinnati]] was a [[thoroughbred]] of renowned racing pedigree.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ulysses S. Grant and His Horses During and After the Civil War |url=http://faculty.css.edu/mkelsey/usgrant/hors2.html |website=The Ulysses S. Grant Information Center |publisher=[[College of St. Scholastica]] |access-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150925/http://faculty.css.edu/mkelsey/usgrant/hors2.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>
* Billy Button and Reb – [[pony|ponies]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Faithful – [[Newfoundland (dog)|Newfoundland]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Rosie – [[dog]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* [[Parrot]]<ref name=mob/>

===Rutherford B. Hayes===
* Dot – [[Cocker Spaniel]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Hector – [[Newfoundland (dog)|Newfoundland]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Duke – [[English Mastiff]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Grim – [[Greyhound]]<ref name="usnews"/><ref name=choron2/>
* Otis – [[Miniature Schnauzer]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Juno and Shep – Hunting [[dog]]s
* Jet – [[dog]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Piccolomini – [[cat]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> (presumably named after [[Ottavio Piccolomini|the Italian general]])
* Siam – First [[Siamese cat]] in the United States<ref>{{cite sign|title=Sickles letter about Siamese cat|location=[[Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center]]}}</ref>
* Miss Pussy – [[Siamese (cat)|Siamese cat]]

===James A. Garfield===
* Kit – [[horse]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Veto<ref name="usnews"/> – [[dog]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />

===Chester A. Arthur===
* Rabbit<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Three horses<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />

===Grover Cleveland===
* Hector – [[Poodle|German poodle]]<ref name=choron2/>
* [[Mockingbird]]s<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="number unknown" group="key" />
* Three<ref name="Kelly(Cleveland)">{{cite web |first=Kate |last=Kelly |title=Grover Cleveland's Dogs and Other Pets |url=https://americacomesalive.com/grover-clevelands-dogs-pets/ |website=americacomesalive.com |date=July 13, 2016 |access-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806022937/http://americacomesalive.com/2016/07/13/grover-clevelands-dogs-pets/ |archive-date=2017-08-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dachshund]]s<ref name=choron2/>
*Gallagher – [[Cocker Spaniel]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=31 photos of the most adorable dogs to live in the White House |first1=Pat |last1=Ralph |first2=Ellen |last2=Cranley |first3=Talia |last3=Lakritz |date=2023-02-18 |website=[[Business Insider]] |quote=Grover Cleveland's cocker spaniel named Gallagher had a brown coat and ears of "inconvenient length."|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-presidents-dogs-2018-8 |access-date=2024-08-29 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225064121/https://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-presidents-dogs-2018-8 |archive-date=2023-02-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Hundreds of imported fish, including exotic fish and common goldfish<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Grover Cleveland's Fish |url=https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/grover-clevelands-fish/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Presidential Pet Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
**[[Paradise fish]] – A gift from the ruler of Siam (now [[Thailand]])<ref name="Kelly(Cleveland)"/><ref name=":3" />

===Benjamin Harrison===
{{multiple image
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  | caption1 = Whiskers pulling a cart at the White House, with [[Russell Benjamin Harrison|Russell Harrison]] and his children
  | image2 =  DogHouse Dash President Harrison.jpg
  | caption2 = Dash in front of his doghouse
}}
* Whiskers ("His Whiskers," or "Old Whiskers") – [[goat]],<ref name=WhiteHouse(1999) /><ref name="WH for kids" /> kept at the White House for the president's grandchildren; may have belonged to [[Russell Benjamin Harrison|Russell Harrison]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Kate|title=The Pets in the Benjamin Harrison White House|url=https://americacomesalive.com/2013/08/25/the-pets-in-the-benjamin-harrison-white-house/|website=America Comes Alive|access-date=January 26, 2018|date=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126184916/https://americacomesalive.com/2013/08/25/the-pets-in-the-benjamin-harrison-white-house/|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Dash – [[collie]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection – [[Virginia Opossum|opossum]]s,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Best|first1=Jama A.|title=Opossums and the Presidency: A Tail of Intrigue and The White House|url=http://ualr.edu/cahc/files/2013/04/Opossums-and-the-Presidency.pdf|website=UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture|publisher=University of Arkansas|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145849/http://ualr.edu/cahc/files/2013/04/Opossums-and-the-Presidency.pdf|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> named from the 1896 Republican party platform,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Ana Marie|title=Top 10 presidential pets in US history|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/top-ten-presidential-pets|access-date=May 11, 2018|work=The Guardian|date=August 20, 2013|location=Opinion|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511150233/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/top-ten-presidential-pets|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> which includes: "Protection and reciprocity are twin measures of Republican policy and go hand in hand."<ref>{{cite web|title=1896: The Republican Platform|url=http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/gopplatform.html|website=projects.vassar.edu|publisher=Vassar College|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428125323/http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/gopplatform.html|archive-date=April 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Two [[alligators]] – According to one account, Russell Harrison kept two alligators in the White House conservatory<ref>''San Francisco Chronicle''.  "Russell Harrison's Alligator Didn't Influence His Friends' Luck."  May 9, 1890.  Via: {{cite web |title=FACT CHECK: Were Alligators Ever Kept as White House Pets? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alligators-white-house-pets/ |website=Snopes.com |date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=December 19, 2018}}</ref>

===William McKinley===
* Washington Post (or "Loretta")<ref name="Slate(2021-01-31)">{{cite web |last1=Dessem |first1=Matthew |title=The Best (and Worst) Presidential Pets in American History, Ranked |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/01/presidential-pets-best-ever-ranked.html |website=Slate Magazine |language=en |date=January 31, 2021}}</ref> – [[Yellow-headed amazon|Yellow-headed Mexican parrot]]; could whistle "[[Yankee Doodle]]"<ref name="Parrots-Lafeber" />
* Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome – [[Angora cat|Angora]] [[kitten]]s; named after Spanish general [[Valeriano Weyler]] and Spanish ambassador [[Enrique Dupuy de Lôme]]
* Roosters<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="number unknown" group="key" />

===Theodore Roosevelt===
[[File:Archie Roosevelt poses with Algonquin 1902.jpg|thumb|right|Archie riding Algonquin]] [[File:Theodore Roosevelt and Family - 24 August 1907.jpg|right|thumb|Roosevelt family with Skip]] [[File:St. Nicholas (serial) (1873) (14595456808).jpg|right|thumb|upright|Illustration of Slippers, the White House cat{{efn|Illustration from ''[[St. Nicholas (magazine)|St. Nicholas]]'' (1908); original caption: {{smallcaps|"With an amused bow, the President escorted the Ambassadress around 'Slippers' and kept on his way toward the East Room."}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Riis|first1=Jacob A.|author-link1=Jacob Riis|title="Slippers," The White House Cat|url=https://archive.org/stream/stnicholasserial351dodg/stnicholasserial351dodg#page/203/mode/1up|via=[[Internet Archive]]|magazine=[[St. Nicholas (magazine)|St. Nicholas]]|volume=XXXV|date=January 1908|number=3|page=203|access-date=May 29, 2018}}</ref>}} ]]
* Admiral Dewey, Bishop Doane, Dr. Johnson, Father O'Grady, Fighting Bob Evans – [[guinea pig]]s;<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref name="National Park Service" /> namesakes: [[George Dewey]], [[William Croswell Doane]], (likely [[John O'Grady (priest)]]) and [[Robley D. Evans (admiral)|Robley D. Evans]]
* Algonquin – "Calico pony" ([[Shetland Pony|Shetland]]),<ref name="National Park Service" /> favored by Roosevelt's son [[Archie Roosevelt|Archie]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=McClintock|first1=J. N.|title=New England Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 29|date=1904|publisher=America Company|location=Boston|page=601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9HhPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA601 |access-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629012326/https://books.google.com/books?id=9HhPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA601&lpg=PA601|archive-date=June 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bleistein – horse. The favorite of all his horses<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theodore Roosevelt's Bleistein |url=https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/theodore-roosevelts-bleistein/ |website=Presidential Pet Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Horsing' Around – Theodore Roosevelt's Presidential Pets |url=https://www.insp.com/blog/theodore-roosevelts-white-house-pets/horsin-around/ |website=Ispn.com}}</ref>
* Baron Spreckle – [[chicken|hen]],<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref name="National Park Service" /> likely named after sugar baron [[Claus Spreckels]]
* Bill the Lizard – lizard,<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="National Park Service" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roosevelt |first1=Theodore |title=53. Bill the Lizard. |url=https://www.bartleby.com/53/53.html |website=www.bartleby.com |access-date=December 18, 2018 |location=Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children |date=June 21, 1904 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145620/https://www.bartleby.com/53/53.html |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> brought from California and described as a "horned frog"<ref name="Treasures">{{cite web |last1=Roosevelt |first1=Theodore |title=20. More Treasures. |url=https://www.bartleby.com/53/20.html |website=www.bartleby.com |access-date=December 18, 2018 |location=Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children |date=May 10, 1903 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145638/https://www.bartleby.com/53/20.html |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> (''[[cf.]]'' [[horned toad]]); likely named after [[Lewis Carroll]]'s [[Bill the Lizard]].
* Blackjack – [[Manchester Terrier]]
* Eli Yale – [[Hyacinth macaw]]<ref name="National Park Service" /> Named after [[Elihu Yale|the British merchant]] (also College namesake)
* Emily Spinach – [[garter snake]],<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="National Park Service" /> so named by Roosevelt's daughter Alice because "it was as green as spinach and as thin as my Aunt Emily"<ref>{{cite web|title=Why did Alice Roosevelt own a pet snake named Emily Spinach?|url=https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-pet-snake|website=www.childrensmuseum.org|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|access-date=May 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510051132/https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-pet-snake|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Fedelity – [[pony]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Gem and Susan – [[dog]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* Jack<ref name="National Park Service" /> and [[Pete (Theodore Roosevelt's dog)|Pete]] – [[terrier]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key"/><ref name=choron2/><ref name="National Park Service" /><ref name="usnews"/> Pete was exiled to Long Island "after chomping on one too many legs."<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Pets|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/presidential-pets/22/|website=CBS News|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en|date=October 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082303/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/presidential-pets/22/|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=choron2/>
* Jonathan Edwards – small [[American black bear|black bear]] from West Virginia<ref name="National Park Service">{{cite web|title=The Roosevelt Pets|url=http://www.nps.gov/thrb/historyculture/the-roosevelt-pets.htm|work=National Park Service|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=December 21, 2012|quote=(Reprinted from the National Archives and Records Administration)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115121921/http://www.nps.gov/thrb/historyculture/the-roosevelt-pets.htm|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> named after [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|the religious leader]], an ancestor of Mrs. Roosevelt;<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roosevelt|first1=Theodore|editor1-last=Bishop|editor1-first=Joseph B.|title=Letters to his children|date=1919|publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]]|location=New York|isbn=9781623769864|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBFABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |access-date=February 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref> eventually sent to the [[Bronx Zoo]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Madeleine|title=A Small Bear Named Jonathan Edwards|url=http://www.wcsarchivesblog.org/a-small-bear-named-jonathan-edwards/|website=WCS Archives Blog|publisher=Wildlife Conservation Society|access-date=February 4, 2018|date=September 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124126/http://www.wcsarchivesblog.org/a-small-bear-named-jonathan-edwards/|archive-date=February 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Jonathan – [[Piebald]] [[rat]]<ref name="species unknown" group="key" />
* Josiah (or "Josh")<ref name="Treasures" /> – [[badger]]<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="National Park Service" /> During a railroad tour of the West, the president acquired two-week-old Josiah at a stop in [[Sharon Springs, Kansas]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tanner|first1=Beccy|title=Pet Kansas badger once roamed White House|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-story-of-kansas/article1098732.html|access-date=February 3, 2018|work=Wichita Eagle|date=September 10, 2012|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203125204/http://www.kansas.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-story-of-kansas/article1098732.html|archive-date=February 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Manchu – [[Pekingese]] dog<ref name=choron2/><ref name="National Park Service" />
* Maude – [[pig]]<ref name="National Park Service" />
* [[Pete (Theodore Roosevelt's dog)|Pete]] – [[Bull Terrier]] (possibly a [[Boston Bull Terrier]] or [[bulldog]]) who was banished from the White House after numerous offensives
* Peter Rabbit – [[rabbit]];<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="National Park Service" /> was given a "proper state" funeral<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roosevelt |first1=Theodore |title=49. Peter Rabbit's Funeral. |url=https://www.bartleby.com/53/49.html |website=www.bartleby.com |location=Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children |date=May 28, 1904 |access-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145606/https://www.bartleby.com/53/49.html |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Cf.]]'' [[Peter Rabbit]].
* Rollo – [[St. Bernard (dog)|Saint Bernard]]
* Skip – [[mongrel]]<ref name=choron2/><ref name="National Park Service" />
* Sailor Boy – [[Chesapeake Bay Retriever]]<ref name=choron2/><ref name="National Park Service" />
* Tom Quartz and Slippers – [[Cat]]s,<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> Tom Quartz was named after a cat in a [[Mark Twain]] story.<ref>{{cite book|title=Roughing It|author-link=Mark Twain|first=Mark|last=Twain|date=1872|chapter=Chapter LXI|chapter-url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8588/8588-h/8588-h.htm#440|via=[[Project Gutenberg]]|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325212502/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8588/8588-h/8588-h.htm#440|archive-date=March 25, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bill – [[laughing hyena]], gift from [[Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=America's First Presidential Hyena|url=https://ethiopianism411.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/americas-first-presidential-hyena/|website=Ethiopianism-Ethiopiawinet Online Revival|access-date=August 27, 2017|date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828063252/https://ethiopianism411.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/americas-first-presidential-hyena/|archive-date=August 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[American barn owl|Barn owl]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2023 |title=A history of presidential pets |url=https://www.ketk.com/community/clear-the-shelters/a-history-of-presidential-pets/ |website=Ketk.com}}</ref>
* Fierce<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential pets: The Roosevelts' menagerie|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-pets-the-roosevelts-menagerie/|website=CBS News|access-date=December 6, 2020|date=November 27, 2020|language=en}}</ref> – one-legged [[rooster]]<ref name="National Park Service" />
* Lion<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-23 |title=Lions, tigers and bears: the US presidents who took animal ownership to extremes |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/24/lions-tigers-and-bears-the-us-presidents-who-took-animal-ownership-to-extremes |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

===William Howard Taft===
* Caruso – dog,<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> 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<ref>{{cite web|title=William Taft's Caruso|url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/william-tafts-caruso/|website=Presidential Pet Museum|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510185833/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/william-tafts-caruso/|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Mooly Wooly<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /> and [[Pauline Wayne]] – [[cattle|cow]]s.  Pauline (or "Miss Wayne") was a [[Holstein Friesian cattle|Holstein]] of considerable fame; she "went missing" for two days.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pauline Wayne, President Taft's Famous Cow |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/pauline_wayne/ |website=Presidential Pet Museum |access-date=March 15, 2020 |date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>

===Woodrow Wilson===
* Davie – [[Airedale Terrier]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Old Ike – [[domestic sheep|ram]],<ref name="Wilson(Kelly)" /> led the flock of sheep<ref name="Slate 2021" />
* Puffins – [[cat]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref name="Wilson(Kelly)" />
* Bruce – [[Bull Terrier]]<ref name="Wilson(Kelly)" />
* [[Songbird]]s<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /><ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="number unknown" group="key" />
* Sheep<ref name="name unknown" group="key" /> – The flock, numbering 48 at its peak,<ref>{{cite web |title=Why did President Woodrow Wilson keep a flock of sheep on the White House lawn? |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/why-did-president-woodrow-wilson-keep-a-flock-of-sheep-on-the-white-house-lawn |website=White House Historical Association |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222152502/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/why-did-president-woodrow-wilson-keep-a-flock-of-sheep-on-the-white-house-lawn |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> kept the White House lawn trimmed "in the most economical way".<ref name="Wilson(Kelly)">{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Kate|title=The Pets of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)|url=https://americacomesalive.com/2012/08/15/the-pets-of-woodrow-wilson-1856-1924/|website=America Comes Alive|access-date=May 11, 2018|date=August 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081406/https://americacomesalive.com/2012/08/15/the-pets-of-woodrow-wilson-1856-1924/|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>  Their wool was sold to benefit the [[American Red Cross|Red Cross]]<ref>{{cite web |title=White House Pets in the Past |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/white-house-pets-in-the-past |website=WhiteHouseHistory.org |publisher=[[White House Historical Association]] |access-date=December 20, 2018 |at=Gallery image description: 6 / 7 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221053603/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/white-house-pets-in-the-past |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Warren G. Harding===
[[File:Laddie Boy portrait crop.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Laddie Boy]]
* [[Laddie Boy (dog)|Laddie Boy]] (July 26, 1920 – January 23, 1929) – [[Airedale Terrier]]<ref name="usnews"/><ref name=choron2/>
* Old Boy – [[Bulldog]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Petey – [[Domestic canary|canary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beesfirstappearance.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/harding/|title=Pay a Call on Petey the Canary at Warren G. Harding's Marion Home|last=Betsy|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=June 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091654/https://beesfirstappearance.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/harding/|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bob – canary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/warren-hardings-canaries/|title=Warren Harding’s Canaries: Presidential Pet Museum|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
* Numerous canaries, names not recorded<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/warren-hardings-canaries/|title=Warren Harding’s Canaries: Presidential Pet Museum|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
* Pete – [[squirrel]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2002712422/ |title=Pete, pet squirrel at the Executive Mansion, is causing Laddie Boy to look to his laurels|website=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=September 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925062910/https://www.loc.gov/item/2002712422/ |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/warren-hardings-pete/ |title=Warren Harding's Pete|access-date=September 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925062910/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/warren-hardings-pete/ |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Calvin Coolidge===
[[File:Grace Coolidge Official portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of Rob Roy and [[Grace Coolidge]]]]
* [[Rob Roy (dog)|Rob Roy]] (1922–1928) and Prudence Prim – White [[collie]]s<ref name=choron2/>
* Peter Pan – [[Wire Fox Terrier|Wirehair Fox Terrier]],<ref name="Wombats"/><ref name=choron2/> the Coolidges' first White House dog;
* Paul Pry – [[Airedale Terrier]],<ref name=choron2/> half-brother of Warren Harding's Laddy Boy<ref name="Wombats" />
* Calamity Jane – [[Shetland Sheepdog]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Tiny Tim and Blackberry – [[Chow Chow]]s<ref name=choron2/>
* Ruby Rouch – [[collie]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Boston Beans – [[Boston bulldog]]<ref name=choron2/>
* King Cole – [[Belgian Sheepdog]] (Groenendael)<ref name="Coolidge Foundation" />
* Palo Alto ("Palo") – A black and white [[English Setter]], a bird dog that Coolidge soon gave to Colonel Starling,<ref name="Wombats" /> chief of the Secret Service detail in the White House
* Bessie – [[collie]]
* [[Rebecca (raccoon)|Rebecca]] – [[raccoon]],<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name=bauer/><ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/> Rebecca was intended for a Thanksgiving feast; First Lady [[Grace Coolidge|Grace]] had a tree-house built for her instead<ref name="Wombats">{{cite web|last1=Pietrusza|first1=David|author-link1=David Pietrusza|title="Wombats and Such": Calvin and Grace Coolidge and Their Pets|url=http://www.davidpietrusza.com/coolidge-pets.html|website=www.davidpietrusza.com|access-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203004613/http://www.davidpietrusza.com/coolidge-pets.html|archive-date=February 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WHHA" />
* Reuben – A male raccoon acquired as a companion for Rebecca; soon escaped and not recovered<ref name="WHHA">{{cite web |last1=Costello |first1=Matthew |title=Raccoons at the White House |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/raccoons-at-the-white-house |website=The White House Historical Association |date=June 8, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ebeneezer – [[donkey]]
* Nip and Tuck – [[Domestic canary|canaries]], both olive green in color; the Coolidges' first birds<ref name="Wombats" />
* Peter Piper and Snowflake – Two more canaries; Snowflake was white<ref name="Wombats" />
* Goldy – A "yellow bird"<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref name="Coolidge Foundation" /><ref name="Wombats" />
* Do-Funny – a trained songbird ([[troupial]])<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /> from South America;<ref name="Wombats"/> said to be Mrs. Coolidge's favorite bird<ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/>
* Enoch – [[goose]]<ref name="species unknown" group="key" />
* Smoky – [[bobcat]]
* Blacky and Tiger (or "Tige") – [[cat]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref name="Wombats"/><ref name="Coolidge Foundation">{{cite web|last1=Houghton|first1=Leah|title=The Coolidge Pets|url=https://coolidgefoundation.org/resources/the-coolidge-pets/|website=coolidgefoundation.org|publisher=Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation|access-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084353/https://coolidgefoundation.org/resources/the-coolidge-pets/|archive-date=January 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau – [[lion]] cubs from [[Johannesburg, South Africa]]<ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/>
* [[Billy (pygmy hippo)|Billy]] – [[pygmy hippopotamus]], full name:  William Johnson Hippopotamus<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roby |first1=Marguerite |title=Goody Goody Gumdrops |url=https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/goody-goody-gumdrops |website=Smithsonian Institution Archives |access-date=November 8, 2018 |language=en |date=September 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070658/https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/goody-goody-gumdrops |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* A [[wallaby]] – Promptly given to a zoo<ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/>
* A [[duiker]] (a very small type of antelope) – Also sent to the zoo<ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/>
* Bruno – A [[American black bear|black bear]] from [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua, Mexico]]; Mrs. Coolidge promptly sent him to a zoo<ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/>
* [[American Pekin|Pekin ducks]] – Thirteen ducklings were received as an Easter gift; Mrs. Coolidge attempted to raise them in a White House bathroom, but eventually sent them to a zoo<ref name="Coolidge Foundation"/>

===Herbert Hoover===
[[File:Herbert Hoover and King Tut.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Herbert Hoover with King Tut]]
* Billy Possum – A wild [[opossum]] that occupied [[Rebecca (raccoon)|Rebecca]]'s vacant tree-house and was "adopted" by the Hoovers;<ref name="WHHA" /> temporarily filled in for a local high school's missing mascot.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Theis |first1=Michael |title=Hoover's Opossum Brings Luck to Hyattsville Baseball Team |url=https://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/hoover-s-opossum-brings-luck-to-hyattsville-baseball-team |website=Hyattsville, MD Patch |publisher=Patch Media |access-date=December 24, 2018 |language=en |date=May 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225125931/https://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/hoover-s-opossum-brings-luck-to-hyattsville-baseball-team |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hoover Possum Promised Lads |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hA1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3105108 |access-date=December 24, 2018 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 16, 1929 |location=Spokane Wash |page=9}}</ref>  The name likely derives from a nickname used for the 27th president, [[William Howard Taft]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burris |first1=Cassie |title=Ohio History |url=https://www.ohiohistory.org/learn/education/resource-roundup/november-2019-(1)/billy-possum |website=OhioHistory.org |access-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114123110/https://www.ohiohistory.org/learn/education/resource-roundup/november-2019-(1)/billy-possum |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Caruso – A [[Harz Roller|Roller canary]]<ref name="Hoover Library & Museum"/>
* {{anchor|King Tut}}King Tut – [[Belgian Shepherd]]<ref name=planet/><ref>Amy Ruth, ''Herbert Hoover'', Twenty-First Century Books, 2004, {{ISBN|0-8225-0821-4}}. p. 64.</ref> ([[Malinois dog|Malinois variety]])<ref name="Hoover Library & Museum" />
* Pat – [[German Shepherd]]<ref name=planet/>
* Big Ben and Sonnie – [[Fox Terrier]]s<ref name=choron2/><ref>Wayne Bryant Eldridge, Tom Kerr ''The Best Pet Name Book Ever!'', Barron's Educational Series, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7641-2499-4}}. p. 29.</ref>
* Glen – [[Scotch Collie]]<ref name=choron2/>
* Yukonan – [[Canadian Eskimo Dog]]<ref name=choron2>Choron, 20.</ref>
* Patrick – [[Irish Wolfhound]]<ref name=planet/>
* Eaglehurst Gillette – [[Setter]]<ref name=planet/>
* Weegie – [[Norwegian Elkhound]]<ref name="Hoover Library & Museum">{{cite web |title=The First Family's Pets |url=https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/first-familys-pets |website=The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=December 21, 2018 |language=en |date=May 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221090559/https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/first-familys-pets |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Alligator]]s – Owned by his son [[Allan Hoover|Allan]]<ref name=mob/>

==={{anchor|Franklin D. Roosevelt}}Franklin D. Roosevelt===
[[File:FDR-Fala-1940-crop.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Franklin D. Roosevelt and Fala (1940)]]
* [[Fala (dog)|Fala]] (April 7, 1940 – April 5, 1952) – [[Scottish Terrier]]<ref name=WhiteHouse(1999) />
* [[Major (Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog)|Major]] – [[German Shepherd]]<ref name=planet/> Formerly a police dog from the [[New York State Police]]<ref>{{cite web |title=FDR's German Shepherd, Major |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/fdr-german-shepherd-major/ |website=Presidential Pet Museum |access-date=March 30, 2019 |date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330190057/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/fdr-german-shepherd-major/ |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> After a number of White House biting incidents, he was sent to live at Roosevelt's private residence in [[Hyde Park, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wanshel |first1=Elyse |title=FDR's German Shepherd, Major, Had A History Of 'Biting Incidents,' Too |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/major-fdr-biden-german-shepherd_n_6064b13cc5b6d5b7a695293a |website=HuffPost |access-date=June 22, 2021 |language=en |date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* Meggie – [[Scottish Terrier]]<ref name=planet/>
* Winks – [[English Setter|Llewellyn Setter]]<ref name=planet/>
* Tiny – [[Old English Sheepdog]]<ref name=planet/>
* President – [[Great Dane]]<ref name="usnews"/><ref name=planet/>
* Blaze – [[Bullmastiff]]<ref name=planet/>

===Harry S. Truman===
* Feller – [[Cocker Spaniel]],<ref name=planet/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highland-ohio.com/presidential_dog.htm |title=President Truman's Dog, Feller |publisher=Highland-ohio.com |date=January 12, 1948 |access-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165403/http://www.highland-ohio.com/presidential_dog.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> because the Trumans "preferred to be a pet-free family" he was given as a puppy to Truman's personal physician<ref>{{cite web|title=Prezs' best friend: Dogs, cats and a raccoon among presidential pets over the years|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/past-presidential-pets-include-dog-cat-raccoon-n719481|website=NBC News|date=February 20, 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185501/https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/past-presidential-pets-include-dog-cat-raccoon-n719481|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}} (slide 11/26)</ref> and claimed to not be a "pet lover" <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-presidents-dogs-2018-8#harry-truman-gave-away-his-dog-a-cocker-spaniel-named-feller-to-a-family-physician-because-he-was-not-a-dog-lover-7 |title=All the Presidents Dogs: Photos of White House Pets |publisher=Businessinsider.com |date= |accessdate=2022-04-17}}</ref>
* Mike – [[Irish Setter]]<ref name=planet/>

===Dwight D. Eisenhower===
* Gabby – [[parakeet]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hail to the Chief!: Fun Facts and Activities about the US Presidents |last=West |first=Tracey |publisher=[[Penguin Young Readers Group]] |isbn=9-780-3995-4146-9 |location=New York |year=2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBpPDQAAQBAJ |access-date=2024-08-29 |via=[[Google Books]] |url-access=limited}}</ref>
* Heidi – [[Weimaraner]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/all_about_ike/pets.html |title=White House Pets |publisher=Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home |access-date=March 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316095704/https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/all_about_ike/pets.html |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Dzimbo – baby [[Forest elephant]], sent by the French Community of African Republics, sent away to the National zoo<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grove |first=Noel |title=Inside the White House Stories From the World's Most Famous Residence Foreword By Former First Lady Laura Bush |date=November 12, 2013 |publisher=National Geographic |isbn=978-1-4262-1681-7}}</ref>

===John F. Kennedy===
[[File:Kennedy Family with Dogs During a Weekend at Hyannisport 1963.png|right|thumb|upright|The Kennedy family and dogs]]
* Gaullie – [[poodle]]<ref>Sally Bedell Smith, ''Grace And Power'', Random House, Inc., 2006, {{ISBN|0-345-48497-5}}, p. 219.</ref>
* Charlie – [[Welsh Terrier]]<ref name=planet/>
* Tom Kitten – [[cat]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref name="jfklibrary.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Pets.htm |title=Pets – John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |publisher=Jfklibrary.org |date=December 3, 1961 |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822052209/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Pets.htm |archive-date=August 22, 2006 }}</ref>
* Robin – [[Domestic canary|canary]]<ref name="jfklibrary.org"/>
* Bluebell and Marybelle – [[parakeet]]s<ref name="jfklibrary.org"/>
* Ducks –  JFK's daughter, five-year-old [[Caroline Bouvier Kennedy|Caroline]] raised ducklings at the White House.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline Kennedy's Pet Ducks |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/caroline-kennedys-pet-ducks |website=White House Historical Society |access-date=December 22, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222082135/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/caroline-kennedys-pet-ducks |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ongoing conflicts with their terrier Charlie prompted sending them to [[Rock Creek Park]].<ref>{{cite web |title=White House Christmas Cards & Messages from John F. Kennedy |date=January 17, 2010 |url=https://www.whitehousechristmascards.com/john-f-kennedy-1961-1963/john-f-kennedy/ |access-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125408/https://www.whitehousechristmascards.com/john-f-kennedy-1961-1963/john-f-kennedy/ |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Macaroni – [[pony]]<ref>Smith, 125.</ref>
* Tex – [[Bay (horse)|bay]]-colored [[Yakut pony]]<ref name="jfklibrary.org"/>
* Leprechaun – [[Connemara pony]], a gift from the president of Ireland, [[Éamon de Valera]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Robert Knudsen |title=KN-C30039. Kennedy Family with Pony, Leprechaun |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1963/Month%2009/Day%2030/JFKWHP-1963-09-30-E?image_identifier=JFKWHP-KN-C30039 |website=White House Photographs |publisher=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston |access-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125443/https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1963/Month%2009/Day%2030/JFKWHP-1963-09-30-E?image_identifier=JFKWHP-KN-C30039 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Moe – [[Doberman Pinscher]]<ref name="jfklibrary.org"/>
* [[Billie and Debbie]] – [[hamster]]s<ref name="jfklibrary.org"/>
* [[Pushinka]] – [[dog]] (gift of [[Soviet Union]] Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]], puppy of [[Soviet space dogs|Soviet space dog]] [[Belka and Strelka|Strelka]])<ref name="usnews"/>
* Shannon – [[Cocker Spaniel]]<ref name=planet/>
* Wolf – Dog, mix of [[Irish Wolfhound]] and [[Schnauzer]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9yBB54VXgcC&pg=PA414 |page=414 |title=The Giant Book of Dog Names |isbn=9781451666915 |last1=Morrow |first1=Laurie Bogart |date=October 9, 2012 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref>
* Clipper – [[German Shepherd]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/jfk-dog-clipper/ |title=JFK's German shepherd, Clipper |access-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008082147/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/jfk-dog-clipper/ |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |url-status=live |date=January 24, 2016 }}</ref>
* Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker – Offspring of Pushinka and Charlie<ref name=planet/>
* Zsa Zsa – [[rabbit]]
* [[Sardar (horse)|Sardar]] – [[horse]]<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref>Smith, 293, 489.</ref>
* [[Spotted salamander|Spotted Salamander]] – given by [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]<ref name=mob/>

===Lyndon B. Johnson===
[[File:LBJ Lifts Dog By Ears-C311-7-64.jpg|thumb|upright|Johnson lifting Him by the ears]]
* Him and Her – [[beagle]]s<ref name=planet/><ref name=john/><ref name=days>Bryant, Traphes, with Frances Spatz Leighton, ''Dog Days at the White House: The Outrageous Memoirs of the Presidential Kennel Keeper'', New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1975. {{ISBN|0-671-80533-9}}</ref>
* Edgar – beagle<ref name="usnews"/><ref name=planet/><ref name=john>{{Cite web |website=Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum |url=http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/Johnson/archives.hom/FAQs/dog/doghouse.asp |title=President Johnson's Dogs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711110752/http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/FAQs/dog/doghouse.asp |archive-date=July 11, 2007 }}</ref><ref name=days/>
* Blanco – white [[collie]]<ref name=planet/><ref name=john/><ref name=days/>
* Freckles – [[beagle]]<ref name=planet/>
* Yuki – [[mixed-breed dog|mongrel dog]]<ref name=planet/><ref name=john/><ref name=days/> famous for "singing duets" (howling) with Johnson for White House guests<ref name="NewsOK">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Nick |title=A salute to the presidents' pets |url=https://newsok.com/article/5583694/a-salute-to-the-presidents-pets |access-date=January 7, 2019 |work=NewsOK.com |publisher=The Oklahoman |date=February 19, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Hamster]]s<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" />
* [[Lovebird]]s<ref name="species unknown" group="key" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exoticdogs.com/presidents/display.php?p=36 |title=Lyndon B. Johnson's Pet Info |publisher=Exoticdogs.com |access-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710211711/http://www.exoticdogs.com/presidents/display.php?p=36 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Little Beagle Johnson – had the family initials LBJ<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dumont |first=Brianna |title=Weird But True know-it-all U.S. Presidents}}</ref>

===Richard Nixon===
[[Image:Richard M. Nixon's dogs looking out a window of the White House - NARA - 194337.tif|right|thumb|King Timahoe, Vicky and Pasha looking out the window in the White House]]
* Vicky – [[poodle]]<ref name="RNPL">{{cite web |title=Nixon Family Pets |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/nixon-family-pets |website=Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum |date=April 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name=planet/><ref name=gmu>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/nixon.html|title=Richard M. Nixon|date=June 5, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605203932/http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/nixon.html|archive-date=June 5, 2004}}</ref>
* Pasha – [[Yorkshire terrier]]<ref name="RNPL"/><ref name=planet/><ref name=gmu/>
* King Timahoe – [[Irish Setter]]<ref name="RNPL"/><ref name=planet/><ref name=gmu/><ref>Bauer, 8.</ref>
* Checkers<ref name="usnews"/> (1952– September 9, 1964){{efn|Checkers died in 1964, before Nixon became president, but had [[Checkers speech|played a major role]] in his electoral career}} – [[Cocker Spaniel]]
* A [[fish]]<ref name=mob/>

===Gerald Ford===
* [[Liberty (dog)|Liberty]] (February 8, 1974 – 1984) – [[Golden Retriever]]<ref name=planet/>
* Misty – Liberty's puppy, born in the White House
* Shan – Siamese cat<ref>{{Cite web|website=Ford Presidential Library and Museum |url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/grf/pets.asp |title=Ford Family White House and Pets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202071441/http://www.ford.utexas.edu/grf/pets.asp |archive-date=February 2, 2009 }}</ref>

===Jimmy Carter===
[[File:Amycarterjpg.jpg|thumb|163x163px|[[Amy Carter]] with her cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang]]
* Grits – [[Border collie]] (mix);<ref name=planet/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-080812-president-pets-photogallery-photogallery.html|title=Presidential pets|first=Chicago|last=Tribune|website=chicagotribune.com|date=August 20, 2013 |access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805020548/http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-080812-president-pets-photogallery-photogallery.html|archive-date=August 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Given to his daughter [[Amy Carter|Amy]] by her teacher, but quickly returned<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bullysticksinfo.com/dog-ownership/90-presidential-pooch-grits-the-impeached-first-dog/ |title=Presidential Pooch – Grits, the Impeached First Dog &#124; Bully Sticks |publisher=Bullysticksinfo.com |date=November 21, 2008 |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104159/http://www.bullysticksinfo.com/dog-ownership/90-presidential-pooch-grits-the-impeached-first-dog/ |archive-date=July 8, 2011  }}</ref> after snapping at several White House visitors<ref name="usnews"/>
* Lewis Brown – [[Afghan hound]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Diego|first1=Alpha|title=Presidential Dogs: Past U.S. Presidents and Their Fur Babies|url=http://dogbreedsjournal.com/presidential-dogs/|website=dogbreedsjournal.com|publisher=Dog Breeds Journal|access-date=January 25, 2018|date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071013/http://dogbreedsjournal.com/presidential-dogs/|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Misty Malarky Ying Yang, daughter [[Amy Carter]]'s pet – [[Siamese (cat)|Siamese cat]]<ref name=bauer>Stephen Bauer, ''At Ease in the White House: Social Life as Seen by a Presidential Military Aide'', Taylor Trade Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|1-58979-079-0}}. p. 224.</ref>
* [[Elephant]] – given to his daughter [[Amy Carter|Amy]] but it was sent to the National zoo<ref name=mob/>

===Ronald Reagan===
[[File:Rex Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.jpg|thumb|Rex, Ronald Reagan's dog]]
* Lucky (October 4, 1983 – January 5, 1995) – [[Bouvier des Flandres]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/pets.html |title=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library |publisher=Reagan.utexas.edu |access-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621234101/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/pets.html |archive-date=June 21, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=coren>Stanley Coren, ''Why Does My Dog Act That Way?'', Simon and Schuster, 2007, {{ISBN|0-7432-7707-4}}. p. 6.</ref><ref name=coren2>Stanley Coren, ''Why We Love the Dogs We Do: How to Find the Dog That Matches Your Personality'', Simon and Schuster, 2000, {{ISBN|0-684-85502-X}}. p. 5.</ref>
* [[Rex (Ronald Reagan's dog)|Rex]] (December 16, 1984 –  August 31, 1998) – [[Cavalier King Charles Spaniel]].<ref name=coren2/><ref>Coren, ''Why Does my Dog...'', 7.</ref>
* Victory – [[Golden Retriever]]<ref name=coren/><ref name=coren2/>
* Peggy – [[Irish Setter]]<ref name=coren/><ref name=coren2/>
* Taca – [[Siberian Husky]]<ref name=coren/><ref name=coren2/>
* Fuzzy – [[Belgian Shepherd Dog|Belgian sheepdog]]<ref name=coren/><ref name=coren2/>
* Horses (El Alamein (1971–1998), Nancy D, Baby, Little Man, No Strings and others) at [[Rancho del Cielo]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/ronald-reagans-ranch-horses/|title=Ronald Reagan's Ranch Horses – Presidential Pet Museum|work=Presidential Pet Museum|access-date=February 4, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072354/http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/ronald-reagans-ranch-horses/|archive-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/07/02/President-Reagan-whose-favorite-horse-died-last-month-rode/6523394430400/|title=President Reagan, whose favorite horse died last month, rode...|work=UPI|access-date=February 4, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072121/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/07/02/President-Reagan-whose-favorite-horse-died-last-month-rode/6523394430400/|archive-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Cleo and Sara – [[tortoiseshell cats]] at Rancho del Cielo<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranch |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/photo-galleries/ranch |website=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=July 16, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323011028/https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/photo-galleries/ranch |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Ronald Reagan II – [[Fish]] given by a child<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Kenneth C. |title=Don't Know Much About the Presidents}}</ref>

===George H. W. Bush===
[[File:President Bush walks with his dogs, Millie and Ranger, at Camp David - NARA - 186442.tif|right|thumb|George H. W. Bush walking with Millie and Ranger]]
* [[Millie (dog)|Millie]] (January 12, 1985 – May 19, 1997) – [[English Springer Spaniel|Springer Spaniel]].<ref name="usnews"/>
* Ranger (March 17, 1989 – April 10, 1993) – one of Millie's [[puppy|puppies]]<ref name=planet>Sandra Choron, ''Planet Dog: A Doglopedia'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005, {{ISBN|0-618-51752-9}}. p. 21.</ref><ref>George H. W. Bush, ''All the Best, George Bush'' Simon and Schuster, 2000, p. 595, correspondence from September 10, 1996, {{ISBN|0-7432-0048-9|978-0-7432-0048-6}}</ref>

===Bill Clinton===
* [[Socks (cat)|Socks]] (March 15, 1989 – February 20, 2009) – Cat<ref name="breed unknown" group="key" /><ref name="WH for kids" />
* [[Buddy (Bill Clinton's dog)|Buddy]] (August 7, 1997 – January 2, 2002) – Chocolate [[Labrador Retriever]]<ref name="WH for kids">{{cite web|title=Pets in the White House|url=http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/html/pets.html|work=White House for Kids|publisher=nara.gov|access-date=December 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220233320/http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/html/pets.html|archive-date=February 20, 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===George W. Bush===
* [[Spot Fetcher|Spot "Spotty" Fetcher]] (March 17, 1989 – February 21, 2004) – female [[English Springer Spaniel]] named after [[Scott Fletcher (baseball player)|Scott Fletcher]]; puppy of [[Millie (dog)|Millie]];<ref name="usnews"/> [[Animal euthanasia|euthanized]] after suffering a series of strokes.
* [[Barney (dog)|Barney]] (September 30, 2000 – February 1, 2013) – [[Scottish Terrier]].<ref name="usnews"/><ref name="Holly">{{cite news |url=http://www.news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/laura-bush-library-not-monument-her-husband-182824927--politics.html |title=Laura Bush: New library is not 'a monument' to her husband |first1=Holly |last1=Bailey |publisher=Yahoo News |date=April 24, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425042858/http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/laura-bush-library-not-monument-her-husband-182824927--politics.html |archive-date=April 25, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Miss Beazley (dog)|Miss Beazley]] (October 28, 2004 – May 17, 2014) – [[Scottish Terrier]]; nicknamed "Beazley Weazley"; 2005 birthday gift from George to his wife.<ref name="usnews"/><ref name="Holly"/>
* [[India (cat)|India "Willie"]] (July 13, 1990 – January 4, 2009) – [[cat]]
* Ofelia – [[Texas Longhorn (cattle)|Longhorn cow]] (lives at Bush's [[Prairie Chapel Ranch]])

===Barack Obama===
[[File:Bo and Sunny the Obama family dogs on the South Lawn of the White House 2013-08-19.jpg|right|thumb|Bo and Sunny]]
* [[Bo (dog)|Bo]] (October 9, 2008 – May 8, 2021) – [[Portuguese Water Dog]].<ref name="usnews"/>
* [[Sunny (dog)|Sunny]] (born June 11, 2012) – Portuguese Water Dog.<ref>{{cite web|author=Barack Obama|date=August 19, 2013|title=Meet the newest member of the Obama family: Sunny.|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151764689056749&set=a.53081056748.66806.6815841748&type=1&theater|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018213547/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151764689056749&set=a.53081056748.66806.6815841748&type=1&theater|archive-date=October 18, 2015|access-date=August 19, 2013|publisher=Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Hannah August|date=August 19, 2013|title=Meet Sunny: The Obamas' New Puppy|publisher=The White House Blog|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/19/meet-sunny-obamas-new-puppy|url-status=dead|access-date=August 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820013210/http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/19/meet-sunny-obamas-new-puppy|archive-date=August 20, 2013}}</ref>

===Donald Trump===
* ''None''<ref>{{cite news|last=Harvard|first=Sarah|date=February 12, 2019|title=Trump explains why he is the only president in 100 years to not have a dog|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dog-family-president-pets-schedule-executive-time-a8775581.html|access-date=February 28, 2021|website=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Mimi |date=14 August 2024 |title=D.C. might not see a presidential pet in the next administration |url=https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/08/14/pets-white-house-presidential-election-2024 |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref>

===Joe Biden{{Anchor|Joe Biden}}===
* [[Champ (dog)|Champ]]<ref name="Vogue">{{cite web|author=Sophie Vershbow|title=Another Great Thing About Biden's Win: There's Going to Be a Dog in the White House Again!|date=November 7, 2020 |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/biden-dog-in-the-white-house|access-date=November 7, 2020|publisher=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref> (November 11, 2008 – June 19, 2021) – [[German Shepherd]]
*[[Major (Joe Biden's dog)|Major]]<ref name="Vogue" /> (born January 17, 2018) – A German Shepherd rescue. Sent to live with family friends in Delaware by December 2021 after several White House biting incidents.
*[[Commander (dog)|Commander]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Bennett |first=Kate |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/politics/first-puppy-bidens-white-house/index.html |title=Bidens add to their family with new first puppy – CNNPolitics |publisher=Cnn.com |date= |accessdate=December 20, 2021}}</ref> (born September 1, 2021) – A German Shepherd given to the Bidens as a puppy by the president's brother, also removed from White House after biting incidents<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-commander-dog-bite-secret-service-e2592d3996381ea82e24a13d6666de77|title=Biden's dog Commander no longer at White House after biting incidents|date=October 5, 2023|website=AP News}}</ref>
*[[Willow (cat)|Willow]]<ref>{{Cite web |author=Kate Bennett |title=As presidential cat, Willow Biden has privileges |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/willow-the-white-house-cat/index.html |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=CNN|date=June 17, 2022 }}</ref> – A gray [[tabby cat]] who was adopted after the cat jumped onstage during a rally in Pennsylvania in 2020. Willow, who Biden described as having "no limits", often sleeps on top of the president's head.<ref>{{cite news |last=Haroun |first=Azmi |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-presidential-cat-willow-sleeps-top-of-head-at-night-2023-1 |title=Biden confirms that White House cat Willow has 'no limits' and sleeps on top of his head at night |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=2023-01-26 |accessdate=2023-01-30 }}</ref>
*Celtic – A [[Mongolian horse]] given to (then vice-president) Biden as a gift by [[Sükhbaataryn Batbold]], the [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]], in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madison |first=Lucy |date=2011-08-22 |title=Biden gets a Mongolian horse, names it "Celtic" - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-gets-a-mongolian-horse-names-it-celtic/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>  The horse remained in Mongolia under the care of local handlers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Memoli |first1=Michael A. . |title=For Biden in Mongolia, a horse named Celtic |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-xpm-2011-aug-22-la-pn-for-biden-in-mongolia-a-horse-named-celtic-20110822-story.html |access-date=29 September 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 August 2011}}</ref>

==Key==
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==See also==
{{portal|Animals|United States}}
* [[Canadian Parliamentary Cats]]
* [[Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office]]
* [[Pets of Vladimir Putin]]
* [[Taiwanese presidential pets]]

==Notes==
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{{reflist|group=nb}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Pets of presidents of the United States}}
* [https://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/animal-ambassadors White House Pets: Animal Ambassadors]&nbsp;– The White House Historical Association
* [http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/ Presidential Pets Museum]&nbsp;– Private museum in Glen Allen, Virginia
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010220233320/http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/html/pets.html Pets in the White House]&nbsp;– White House for Kids (official Clinton archive)
* {{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Nick|title=A salute to presidential pets|url=http://newsok.com/a-salute-to-the-presidents-pets/article/5583694/|work=The Oklahoman|date=February 19, 2018|language=en}}

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{{Lists of US Presidents and Vice Presidents}}
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