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Presidential Pets: A List of US Presidents & Their Furry Companions.

By Odie Blog Editors on November 2, 2020

November 3rd is Election Day! As millions of Americans cast their votes, we thought it would be fun to lighten up the mood. We’ve put together a list of past US presidents and their White House pets. You’ll be surprised by quite of few of their choices.

#45 President Donald Trump, 2017-present

#44 President Barack Obama, 2009-2017

#43 President George W. Bush, 2001-2009

President Bush pictured with Miss Beasley & Barney (Washington Times)

#42 President Bill Clinton, 1993-2001

#41 President George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993

#40 President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989

President Reagan aboard a helicopter with his dog Lucky (Presidential Pet Museum)

#39 President Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981

#38 President Gerald Ford, 1974-1977

#37 President Richard Nixon, 1969-1974

#36 President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969

#35 President John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963

#34 President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961

#33 President Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953

#32 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifts his dog Fala in 1941 (Politico)

#31 President Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933

#30 President Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929

#29 President Warren Harding, 1921-1923

#28 President Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921

#27 President William Taft, 1909-1913

#26 President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909

President Roosevelt pictured with Rollo (America Comes Alive)

#25 President William McKinley, 1897-1901

#23 President Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893

#22 & 24 President Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889; 1893-1897

#21 President Chester Arthur, 1881-1885

#20 President James Garfield, 1881

#19 President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881

#18 President Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877

#17 President Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869

#16 President Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865

President Lincoln’s dog Fido pictured in 1860 (photo by F.W. Ingmire)

#15 President James Buchanan, 1857-1861

#14 President Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857

#13 President Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853

#12 President Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850

#11 President James K. Polk, 1845-1849

#10 President John Tyler, 1841-1845

#9 President William Henry Harrison, 1841

#8 President Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841

#7 President Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837

#6 President John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829

#5 President James Monroe, 1817-1825

#4 President James Madison, 1809-1817

#3 President Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809

#2 President John Adams, 1797-1801

#1 President George Washington, 1789-1797

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