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