BROWSE: 1789-1850 | 1850-1889 | 1889-1953 | 1953-present
President Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 (bio)
Feller, the unwanted dog, cocker spaniel
Mike, Margaret Truman’s Irish setter
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945 (bio)
Major, German shepherd
Meggie, Scottish terrier
Winks, Llewellyn setter
Tiny, Old English sheepdog
President, Great Dane
Fala(article1), Fala(article2) famed Scottish terrier
Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt’s English bullmastiff
President Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 (bio)
King Tut, Belgian shepherd
Pat, German shepherd
Big Ben, fox terrier
Sonny, fox terrier
Glen, Scottish collie
Yukon, Siberian husky
Patrick, wolfhound
Eaglehurst Gillette, setter
Weejie, elkhound
A pair of alligators belonging to President Hoover’s son Allan Henry Hoover
President Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 (bio)
Calvin and Grace Coolidge quite literally had a zoo at the White House:
Prudence Prim, female white collie
Rob Roy, male white collie
Peter Pan, terrier
Paul Pry, an Airedale terrier
Calamity Jane, Shetland sheepdog
Tiny Tim, chow
Blackberry, also a chow
Ruby Rouch, brown collie
Bessie, collie
Boston Beans, bulldog
King Cole, Belgian shepherd
Palo Alto, bird dog
Nip and Tuck, canaries
Snowflake, also a white canary
Old Bill, a thrush
Enoch, goose
Mockingbird, belonging to Grace Coolidge
Tiger, cat
Blacky, another cat
Rebecca and Reuben, raccoons
Ebenezer, donkey
Smoky, bobcat
Finally, given to them by dignitaries from other countries, there were also lion cubs (humorously named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau), a wallaby, a pygmy hippo named Billy, and a black bear!
President Warren Harding, 1921-1923 (bio)
Laddie Boy, Airedale terrier
Old Boy, English bulldog
Pete, squirrel
Canaries belonging to Florence Harding
President Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 (bio)
Old Ike, the tobacco-chewing ram
Sheep that grazed on the White House Lawn
Davie, Airedale terrier
Mountain Boy, greyhound
Bruce, bull terrier
Puffins, cat
Songbirds
President William Taft, 1909-1913 (bio)
Pauline Wayne, last cow at the White House
Mooly Wooly, another cow
Caruso, dog
President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 (bio)
Bleistein, Teddy Roosevelt’s favorite horse
Renown, Roswell, Rusty, Jocko Root, Grey Dawn, Wyoming and Yagenka, all horses
General and Judge, carriage horses
Algonquin, Archie Roosevelt’s Shetland pony
Pete, a bull terrier, was a favorite pet
Rollo, Saint Bernard
Sailor Boy, Chesapeake Bay retriever
Blackjack (Jack), Kermit Roosevelt’s Manchester terrier
Skip, mixed-breed dog
Manchu, Alice Roosevelt’s Pekingese
Emily Spinach, Alice Roosevelt’s snake
Snakes belonging to Quentin Roosevelt
Eli Yale, a Hyacinth macaw also belonging to Quentin Roosevelt
Tom Quartz, cat
Slippers, cat
Josiah, badger (!)
Rabbit named Peter
Two Kangaroo Rats
Flying squirrel
Guinea pigs named Admiral Dewey, Dr. Johnson, Bob Evans, Bishop Doan, and Father O’Grady
Also: lion, hyena, wildcat, coyote, five bears, two parrots, zebra, barn owl, lizard, roosters, hen, pig, raccoon
President William McKinley, 1897-1901 (bio)
Mexican double-yellow-headed parrot, which he named Washington Post
Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome, angora kittens
Roosters
President Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 (bio)
Dogs including Dash, a collie
Old Whiskers, billy goat belonging to grandchildren
Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection, opossums
