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Dogs, Presidential

• Ulysses S. Grant:
  Faithful (Newfoundland belonging to Jesse Grant, son of President Grant)

• Warren Harding:
  Laddie Boy (Airedale); Oh Boy (bulldog)

• Calvin Coolidge:
  Peter Pan (terrier); Paul Pry (Airedale, originally named Laddie Buck); Rob Roy (white collie), Prudence Prim (white collie); Calamity Jane (Shetland Sheepdog), Tiny Tim (chow), Blackberry (Chow): Ruby Rough (brown collie); Boston Beans (bulldog); King Kole (police dog); Bessie (yellow collie); Palo Alto (bird dog)

• Herbert Hoover:
  King Tut (police dog); Big Ben and Sonnie (fox terriers); Glen (scotch collie); Yukon (eskimo dog); Patrick (wolfhound); Eaglehurst Gillette (setter); Weejie, (elkhound); Pat (police dog)

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
  Major (German shepherd); Fala (Scotch terrier); Meggie (Scotch terrier, FDR had Meggie when he moved into the White House; she once bit a senator ); Winks, (Llewellyn setter); Tiny (English sheepdog); President (Great Dane)

• Harry Truman:
  Feller

• Dwight Eisenhower:
  Heidi (Weimaraner)

• John F. Kennedy:
  Pushinka (Cosmodog-gift of Russians)

• Lyndon B. Johnson:
  Him and Her (beagles); Yuki (mongrel); Blanco (white collie)

• Richard Nixon:
  King Timahoe (Irish Setter); Vicky (poodle); Pasha (terrier). (Checkers, a cocker spaniel, lived at the vice presidential home)

• Gerald Ford:
  Liberty (golden retriever, gave birth to nine puppies at the White House)

• Jimmy Carter:
  Grits (gift to Amy)

• Ronald Reagan:
  Rex (spaniel); Lucky (Bouvier Des Flandres Sheepdog)

• George Bush:
  Millie (springer spaniel; "authored" a book)

• Bill Clinton:
  Buddy (chocolate Labrador)

Sources:
Kane, Joseph Nathan, Facts About the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information. H.W. Wilson, New York, 1993. (R 973.099 KAN).
Truman, Margaret. White House Pets. David McKay, New York, 1969.

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