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Most United States presidents have kept pets while in office, or pets have been part of their families. [1] Only James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Donald Trump did not have any presidential pets while in office [2] (however, Johnson did take care of some mice he found in his bedroom). [3]
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Presidential pets may refer to: United States presidential pets; List of Taiwanese presidential pets; List of Czech presidential pets; Russian presidential pets Pets of Vladimir Putin; Dorofei (2004–2014), cat owned by former president Dmitry Medvedev; Indonesian presidential pet Bobby Kertanegara, cat owned by president Prabowo Subianto
In the 1860s, Lincoln shared his home with Nanny and Nanko goats. [10] Sometimes, they chewed up the furniture of the White House. [11] They grazed on the grounds of the White House.
Pete was a pet dog belonging to United States president Theodore Roosevelt. He was one of many presidential pets during Roosevelt's presidency. [1] He was reported to be a bull terrier, though other reports have said he was a Boston bull terrier or bulldog. [1] Pete was reported to be Theodore Roosevelt's favorite of his dogs. [2]
Although there had been previous presidential pets, Jefferson is thought to be "the first president to have a pet [that lived] in the White House..." [ 1 ] Prior to his term in the Oval Office , Jefferson bought his first mockingbird in November 1772 from a slave of his father-in-law John Wayles for five shillings.
Major, a German Shepherd, was a presidential pet belonging to United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1933, while living at the White House, Major had incidents in which he bit United States Senator Hattie Wyatt Caraway and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Ramsay MacDonald.