Rutherford B. Hayes - • Grim, a greyhound • Duke, an English mastiff • Hector, a Newfoundland • Dot, a terrier
James Garfield - Veto the dog
Grover Cleveland - a Poodle
Benjamin Harrison - Dash the Dog
Theodore Roosevelt • Sailor Boy, a Chesapeake Bay retriever • Manchu, a Pekingese • Skip, a mutt • Terriers named Jack and Pete (President Roosevelt also shared the White House with - cats named Tom Quartz and Slippers; Josiah the badger; Algonquin the pony; Eli the macaw; Jonathan the piebald rat; Emily Spinach, a garter snake; twelve horses; five bears; five guinea pigs; other snakes; two kangaroo rats; lizards; roosters; an owl; a flying squirrel; a raccoon; a coyote; a lion; a hyena; a zebra)
Warren Harding • Laddie Boy, an Airedale • Old Boy, a Bulldog
Calvin Coolidge • Peter Pan, a terrier • Paul Pry (nČe Laddie Buck), an Airedale • Calamity Jane, a sheepdog • Boston Beans, a bulldog; • King Cole, a shepherd • Palo Alto, a birder • Collies named Rob Roy (nČe Oshkosh), Prudence Prim, Ruby Rough, and Bessie • Chows named Blackberry and Tiny Tim
Herbert Hoover • Glen, a collie • Yukon, a malamute • Patrick, an Irish wolfhound • Eaglehurst Gillette, a setter • Weejie, an Elkhound • Fox terriers named Big Ben and Sonnie • Shepherds named King Tut and Pat
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt • Fala, a Scottish terrier • Meggie, a Scottish terrier • Major, a German shepherd • Winks, a Llewellyn setter • Tiny, an English sheepdog • President, a Great Dane • Blaze, a Mastiff
Harry S Truman • Feller the Unwanted Dog (adopted by Truman's personal physician) • Mike, an Irish setter (belonged to daughter Margaret Truman)
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Heidi, a Weimaraner
John F. Kennedy • Charlie, a Welsh terrier, • Plus dogs named Pushinka, Shannon, Wolf, and Clipper, and Pushinka and Charlie's pups: Blackie, Butterfly, Streaker, and White Tips
Lyndon Johnson Beagles Him and Her, and Freckles (Him’s pup) Blanco, a Collie Mutts Yuki and Edgar (nČe J. Edgar)
Richard Nixon • Checkers, a Cocker Spaniel • Vicky, a Poodle • Pasha, a Terrier • King Timahoe, an Irish Setter
Gerald Ford - Liberty, a Golden Retriever
Jimmy Carter - Grits the dog
Ronald Reagan • Rex, a King Charles spaniel • Lucky, a Bouvier des Flandres sheepdog
George Bush • Millie, an English Springer spaniel • Ranger, an English Springer spaniel (one of Millie's pups)
Bill Clinton - Buddy, a chocolate Labrador Retriever
George W. Bush - Spot Fetcher Bush, an English Springer spaniel (and son of President George Bush's dog Millie)
Presidential Pooch Trivia Questions:
Who pulled off the French Ambassador's pants at a White House event? Theodore Roosevelt's pit bull, Pete, horrified guests when he used his tooth to relieve the Ambassador of his trousers.
What assassinated President’s was also a victim of foul play? Abraham Lincoln's mutt, Fido, was stabbed to death by a drunk in the street a year after the assassination of the President.
What Cold War-era White House dog sired four "pupniks"? John F. Kennedy's terrier, Charlie, mated with Pushinka, an offspring of Laika, the Russian space dog that flew in Sputnik.
Who cost taxpapers $15,000 when his master insisted that a destroyer retrace its route to pick up the left-behind canine? Franklin D. Roosevelt made a u-turn to fetch his Scottie, Fala, from the Aleutian Islands.
Whose doghouse was decorated with framed political photographs? Reagan's King Charles Spaniel, Rex, enjoyed a “Rouge’s Gallery” in his luxury digs.
Who was the only “campaign gift” that one President said he accepted? Nixon’s black-and-white Cocker Spaniel made the grade. "The kids love the dog, and we're going to keep it," Nixon said.
Who sat in his own hand-carved chair during cabinet meetings? Warren Harding's Airedale Laddie Boy had his own chair AND his own valet.
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