Which president had a bobcat?

President Calvin Coolidge
President Calvin Coolidge
He presided over a strong economy and sought to shrink the regulatory role of the federal government. Along with Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, Coolidge won the passage of three major tax cuts.
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and wife Grace had an incredible assortment of pets during their time in the White House. Some pets were traditional – dogs, cats, birds – while others fell into a far more exotic category. Smoky the bobcat is one such pet.
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Which president had the weirdest pet?

William Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt each had a rooster, but Roosevelt's only had one leg. Roosevelt for sure wins the contest of the oddest presidential pets in the White House. He had close to 40 animals with entertaining names, like the ones for his guinea pigs: Admiral Dewey, Bishop Doane, Dr.
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Has there ever been president cat?

Bill Clinton moved into the White House with Socks, a tuxedo cat, who in 1991 was reported to have jumped into the arms of Chelsea Clinton after piano lessons while the Clintons were living in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Which president had a pet tiger?

Coolidge left for Massachusetts in 1907, I missed him so much that I died of a broken heart. Tiger (Tige) – Blacky and I were the first of the Coolidge cats to live in the White House. President Coolidge liked to wear me around his neck.
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Which president kept a pet alligator?

John Quincy Adams. According to legend, John Quincy Adams kept an alligator in the White House for several months. The uncommon pet, a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette, took up residence in the unfinished East Room bathroom.
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Which president had a pet raccoon?

Spring 1999: More Presidential Pets

President Coolidge's favorite pet was a raccoon named Rebecca; he built a special house for her, visited her every day, and walked her around the White House on a leash.
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What president had a pet squirrel?

Presidential Pets (1921-1945) Navy Secretary Denby makes friends with Pete the squirrel on the White House lawn on October 10, 1922 during President Warren Harding's Administration.
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Which president had a possum as a pet?

Stories about President Benjamin Harrison's pet opossums, Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection, can be found all over the internet.
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Which president had a bear as a pet?

This photo was taken in 1902. Our 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, began his Presidency in 1901, along with six children and more animals than the White House had ever seen. The Roosevelt children's family of pets included a small bear named Jonathan Edwards; a lizard named Bill; guinea pigs named Admiral Dewey, Dr.
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Which president had a pet turkey?

One special animal in the Lincoln White House was Jack the turkey. Jack originally was on the Lincoln's dinner menu, but Tad became fond of the bird and pleaded with his father to spare Jack's life. President Lincoln relented, and Jack became part of the Presidential household.
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Did Bill Clinton have a cat?

Socks Clinton ( c. 1989 – February 20, 2009) was the pet cat of U.S. President Bill Clinton's family during his presidency.
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Did Abraham Lincoln have a cat?

President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

Lincoln was the first president to bring felines into the White House. His cats Tabby and Dixie were gifts from Secretary of State William Seward. Lincoln was quite the cat person, even rescuing three motherless kittens while visiting General Grant during the Civil War.
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Which president had a hippo?

Billy, or William Johnson Hippopotamus, (Before 1927 – October 11, 1955) was a pygmy hippopotamus given to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. Captured in Liberia, he was given to Coolidge by Harvey Samuel Firestone in 1927.
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Which president had an elephant as a pet?

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Some of the more unusual U.S. presidential pets have been gifts from other world leaders. James Buchanan, the 15th president, received a herd of elephants from the King of Siam (now called Thailand).
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Which president had a pet lion?

President Theodore Roosevelt and family were prolific pet owners and animal lovers.
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Which president had a one-legged chicken?

Theodore Roosevelt's pet one-legged rooster . [Between 1910 and 1920?]
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Which president happened to have a pet hyena?

Theodore Roosevelt and family had many pets during their lifetimes and were well known to be great animal lovers.
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Did Thomas Jefferson have a pet alligator?

President Herbert Hoover's (1929-1933) younger son Allan had two pet gators in the early 1930s, which actually roamed on the White House grounds. President Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) had two grizzly bear cubs, one male and one female, which were given to him by American explorer Capt. Zebulon Pike.
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Did president Hoover have a dog?

This photograph by Theodore Horydczak shows President Herbert Hoover with his dog, King Tut. King Tut was a Belgian police dog, also known as a Malinois, a variety of Belgian Shepherd.
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What unusual pets did William Henry Harrison own?

During his brief time in office, Harrison owned a pet of sorts – a cow named Sukey. While it might seem odd for a President to own a cow, when Harrison was in office times were quite different and cows were commonplace. Many households owned one or more cows for the milk and meat that they provided.
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Which president had a Belgian Malinois?

Pat, a German Shepherd or Belgian Malinois, was a gift to the Hoovers from Captain Charles J. Mabbutt of Fort Benning, GA. Given to Hoover in May 1930 as a replacement for King Tut, Pat liked to patrol the White House grounds. He went to Palo Alto with the family after Hoover's presidency.
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Did Ben Franklin have a pet squirrel?

On one of his diplomatic journeys from the colonies to Great Britain, Franklin brought with him a gray squirrel, which he gave as a gift to Georgiana Shipley, the young daughter of one of his friends. The squirrel, named Mungo, became a beloved pet and companion of the girl and her family.
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What pets did Herbert Hoover have?

There were two fox terriers named Big Ben and Sonnie, a Scotch collie named Glen, a Malamut called Yukon, a setter named Eaglehurst Gillette, another German shepherd, Pat, and Weejie, the elkhound. In addition, once they were in the White House Lou Hoover received a dog as a gift.
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What pets did Calvin Coolidge have?

Calvin Coolidge's Pets
  • Prudence Prim, female white collie.
  • Rob Roy, male white collie.
  • Peter Pan, terrier.
  • Paul Pry, an Airedale terrier.
  • Calamity Jane, a Shetland sheepdog.
  • Tiny Tim, chow.
  • Blackberry, also a chow.
  • Ruby Rouch, brown collie.
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