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Revision as of 12:39, 1 October 2010
This is a list of pets belonging to United States Presidents and their families, while serving their term(s) in office.[1]
History of White House dogs
In 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for his fourth term when rumors surfaced that his Scottish Terrier, Fala, had accidentally been left behind when visiting the Aleutian Islands. After allegedly sending back ships to rescue his dog, Roosevelt was ridiculed and accused of spending thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to retrieve his dog. At a speech following this Roosevelt said, "you can criticize me, my wife and my family, but you can't criticize my little dog. He's Scotch and all these allegations about spending all this money have just made his little soul furious."[2] What was later called the ‘Fala Speech’ reportedly turned the election around for Roosevelt.
Richard Nixon was accused of hiding a secret slush fund during his candidacy for vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. He gave a televised "Checkers speech" named after his cocker spaniel; denying he had a slush fund but admitted that, "there is one thing that I did get as a gift that I'm not going to give back.”[2] The gift was a black and white cocker spaniel, Checkers, given to his daughters. Although Nixon had been in danger of being kicked off the ticket, following his speech he received an increase in support and Mamie Eisenhower reportedly recommended he stay because he was “such a warm person”.[3][4]
Pets also featured on presidential elections. Herbert Hoover got a German shepherd dog during his campaign, King Tut, and pictures of him with his new dog were sent all across the United States during his campaign.
On the other hand, many believe that President Lyndon B. Johnson’s image was damaged because of his pets. He was photographed picking his two Beagle dogs named Him and Her up by their ears. Much of the public was outraged and animal lovers spoke out against it. Others however did not understand the purpose of the uproar and President Harry S Truman was even reported to have said, "What the hell are the critics complaining about; that's how you handle hounds."[2] While it may not have hurt his presidency, this scandal shed a new light on the president's image.
List of Presidential pets
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| President | Pet(s) |
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| Barack Obama | |
| George W. Bush |
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| Bill Clinton |
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| George H. W. Bush |
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| Ronald Reagan |
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| Jimmy Carter |
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| Gerald Ford |
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| Richard Nixon |
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| Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| John F. Kennedy |
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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| Harry S. Truman |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| Herbert Hoover |
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| Calvin Coolidge |
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| Warren G. Harding |
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| Woodrow Wilson |
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| William Howard Taft |
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| Theodore Roosevelt |
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| William McKinley |
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| Benjamin Harrison | |
| Grover Cleveland | |
| Chester A. Arthur |
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| James A. Garfield | |
| Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| Ulysses S. Grant |
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| Andrew Johnson |
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| Abraham Lincoln | |
| James Buchanan |
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| Franklin Pierce | |
| Millard Fillmore |
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| Zachary Taylor |
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| James K. Polk | |
| John Tyler |
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| William Henry Harrison | |
| Martin Van Buren |
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| Andrew Jackson |
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| John Quincy Adams | |
| James Monroe | |
| James Madison | |
| Thomas Jefferson |
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| John Adams | |
| George Washington |
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See also
References
- ^ http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/whitehousepets-1.htm Presidential Pet Museum
- ^ a b c http://www.k-state.edu/media/WEB/News/Webzine/0302/pastpets.html
- ^ DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine; Oct2008, Vol. 39 Issue 10, p22-22, 2/3p
- ^ http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19928
- ^ George H. W. Bush, All the Best, George Bush Simon and Schuster, 2000, pp 595, correspondence from September 10, 1996, ISBN 0743200489, 9780743200486
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Sandra Choron, Planet Dog: A Doglopedia, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005, ISBN 0618517529. pp 21.
- ^ Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
- ^ a b c d e Stanley Coren, Why Does My Dog Act That Way?, Simon and Schuster, 2007, ISBN 0743277074. pp 6.
- ^ a b c d e f Stanley Coren, Why We Love the Dogs We Do: How to Find the Dog That Matches Your Personality, Simon and Schuster, 2000, ISBN 068485502X. pp. 5.
- ^ Coren, Why Does my Dog..., 7.
- ^ Grits in the White House, Chicago Tribune
- ^ http://www.bullysticksinfo.com/dog-ownership/90-presidential-pooch-grits-the-impeached-first-dog/
- ^ Famous Pets
- ^ a b Stephen Bauer, At Ease in the White House: Social Life as Seen by a Presidential Military Aide, Taylor Trade Publications, 2004. ISBN 1589790790. pp 224.
- ^ Ford Presidential Library and Museum, Ford Family White House and Pets
- ^ a b c GMU Library
- ^ Bauer, 8.
- ^ a b c d Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum President Johnson's Dogs
- ^ a b c d Bryant, Traphes, with Frances Spatz Leighton, Dog Days at the White House: The Outrageous Memoirs of the Presidential Kennel Keeper, New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1975. ISBN 0671805339
- ^ Lyndon B. Johnson's Pet Info
- ^ Sally Bedell Smith, Grace And Power, Random House, Inc., 2006, ISBN 0345484975, pp 219.
- ^ a b c d e Pets - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- ^ Smith, 125.
- ^ J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot, Warner Books, 2000, ISBN 0446609129. pp 14.
- ^ Smith, 293, 489.
- ^ Amy Ruth, Herbert Hoover, Twenty-First Century Books, 2004, ISBN 0822508214. pp 64.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Choron, 20.
- ^ Wayne Bryant Eldridge, Tom Kerr The Best Pet Name Book Ever!, Barron's Educational Series, 2003, ISBN 0764124994. pp 29.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pets of presidents of the United States.
- Presidential biographical sketches - White House official kidswebsite
- Presidential Pets photo album
- The Associated Press's "Presidential Pooches" photo gallery
- Presidential Pet humor
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