Presidential Pets in the 20th and 21st Centuries

First Pets. Over the years a number of presidential pets have captured the hearts of the world. In the pet naming stakes, do Democrats or Republicans come out on top?

Republican

 

bush_barney3George W Bush, 2001 to present. VP: Dick Cheney

                    • Spot "F" Bush, springer spaniel. The "F" stands for Fetcher.
                    • Barney (pictured), scottish terrier.
                    • Miss Beazley, scottish terrier.
                    • India, cat.  India is also called Willie.  George Bush supposedly likes coming up with nicknames.
                    • Ernie, cat.
                    • Cowboy, cat.
                    • Ofelia, longhorn cow.
                    • Jackson and Dave, Dick Cheney's labradors.

George H W Bush, 1989 to 1993. VP: Dan Quayle

      • Millie, springer spaniel.
      • Ranger, springer spaniel.

Ronald Reagan, 1981 to 1989. VP: George H W Bush

      • Lucky, a Bouvier des Flandres ( a breed of sheepdog).
      • Rex, king charges spaniel.

Gerald Ford, 1974 to 1977. VP: Nelson Rockefeller

      • Liberty, golden retriever.
      • Shan, siamese cat.

 

Richard Nixon, 1969 to 1974. VPs: Spiro Agnew and Gerald Ford

      • Checkers, cocker spaniel.
      • Vicky, poodle.
      • Pasha, terrier.
      • King Timahoe, irish setter.

 

Dwight Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961. VP: Richard Nixon

      • Heidi, dog.

 

Herbert Hoover, 1929 to 1933. VP: Charles Curtis

      • King Tut, german shepherd.
      • Pat, german shepherd.
      • Big Ben, fox terrier.
      • Sonnie, fox terrier.
      • Glen, collie.
      • Yukon, eskimo dog.
      • Patrick, irish wolfhound.
      • Eaglehurst Gillette, setter.
      • Weejie, norwegian elkhound.

 

Calvin Coolidge, 1923 to 1929. VP: Charles Dawes

      • Rob Roy (also called Oshkosh), white collie.
      • Prudence Prim, white collie.
      • Paul Pry (also called Laddie Buck), airedale.
      • Calamity Jane, shetland sheepdog.
      • Boston Beans, bulldog.
      • Palo Alto, dog.
      • Rebecca, racoon.
      • Horace, racoon.
      • Ebeneezer, donkey.
      • Enoch, goose.
      • Smokey, cat.
      • Tiger, cat.
      • Nip and Tuck, canaries.
      • Snowflake, canary.
      • Peter Pan, terrier.
      • Old Bill, bird.
      • Bessie, collie.
      • King Kole, dog.
      • Tiny Tim, dog.
      • Blackberry, dog.
      • Ruby Rough, collie.
      • Blacky, cat.

 

Warren Harding, 1921 to 1923. VP: Calvin Coolidge

      • Laddie Boy, airedale.

 

William Taft, 1909 to 1913. VP: James Sherman

      • Carusa, dog.
      • Mooly Wooly, cow.
      • Pauline Wayne, the last cow at the White House.  They now get milk delivered in cartons.

 

Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 to 1909. VP: Charles Fairbanks

      • Pete, terrier.
      • Skip, terrier.
      • Blackjack, terrier.
      • Manchu, spaniel.
      • Rollo, saint bernard.
      • Sailor Boy, retriever.
      • Tom Quart, cat.
      • Slippers, cat.
      • Emily Spinach, snake.
      • Algonquin, pony.
      • Maude, pig.
      • Josiah, badger.
      • Jonathan, piebald rat.
      • Dr. Johnson, pig.
      • Bishop Doane, pig.
      • Fighting Bob Evans, pig.
      • Father O'Grady, pig.
      • Dewey Senior, pig.
      • Dewey Junior, pig.
      • Baron Spreckle, hen.
      • Eli Yale, macaw.
      • General, horse.
      • Judge, horse.
      • Bleistein, horse.
      • Renown, horse.
      • Roswell, horse.
      • Rusty, horse.
      • Jocko, horse.
      • Root, horse.
      • Grey, horse.
      • Dawn, horse.
      • Wyoming, horse.
      • Yangenka, horse.
      • Jack, terrier.

 

William McKinley, 1897 to 1901. VPs: Garret Hobart and Theodore Roosevelt

      • Washington Post, parrot.
      • Valeriano Weyler, kitten.
      • Enrique DeLome, kitten.

 

Can the Democrats  do better?

 

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