If the Presidential elections were held today, who would you vote for? This is just for curiosity - not for contentious debate. Please tell us who if you choose "other". Thanks!

As the campaign manager for the write-in campaign for Mary Beth Guard for President, I must protest this poll. I demand a recount and a Supreme Court hearing.

I'm voting for Mary Beth Guard. If she can keep all the rowdies on this board in line, she'll have no problem keeping Al Quada, the UN, and all the other political enemies of the US in line.

I agree. The party, pary is also not represented .

Sorry for leaving you out, Mary Beth. There were too many write in candidates for me to list them all! Perhaps I should have just asked if you would rather have a cat for president?

Of course I'll vote for the cat!

leaving the cat off the ballot has obviously given Bush a larger lead than if the cat was on the ballot. I demand a recount of the recount.

In recent memory, Republican presidents have had dogs and Democratic presidents have had cats. I wonder at the breakdown over time (all presidents) - what does Kerry have - Bush has a dog. We need to know the answer to this burning question! Does being a cat person vs a dog person have some important leadership effect on our president? What does this mean? Does is provide insight into their personality? Do you think I could get a job at the National Inquirier? HMMMmmmmmmmm...

George W. Bush
2001
Spot, dog
Barney, Scottish Terrier
India, cat
Ofelia, Longhorn

Bill Clinton
1993-2001
Socks the cat who did not get along with Buddy, the chocolate Labrador Retriever .

George Bush
1989-1993
Millie, Springer Spaniel and Ranger, one of Millie's puppies

Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
Lucky, Bouvier des Flandres who had natural ears and was sent to the ranch as she grew too big, and who was replaced by Rex, a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

Also: dogs and horses at ranch

Jimmy Carter
1977-1981
Grits, dog given to Amy by her teacher that was later returned and Misty Malarky Ying Yang, Amy Carter's Siamese cat

Gerald Ford
1974-1977
Liberty, Golden Retriever who had a litter of pups while at the White House, and there was also Shan, Susan Ford's Siamese cat.

Richard Nixon
1969-1974
Checkers, Richard Nixon's dog while vice president, and while he was at the White House there were Vicky, the Poodle,Pasha, Terrier and King Timahoe, an Irish Setter

Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969
Beagle and Little Beagle and Him and Her, also beagles.Blanco, a white Collie and the famous Yuki, mongrel dog.

There were also Hamsters and lovebirds

John F. Kennedy
1961-1963
Charlie, Caroline Kennedy's Welsh terrier Tom Kitten, a cat and Robin, a canary. Bluebell and Marybelle, parakeets and Macaroni, Caroline Kennedy's pony. Tex and Leprechaun, ponies, and Debbie and Billie, hamsters. Pushinka, Shannon, Wolf, and Clipper– dogs Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie and Streaker– Pushinka and Charlie's pups. Also Zsa Zsa, a rabbit, and Sardar, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy's horse

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Heidi, Weimaraner
1953-1961

Harry S. Truman
1945-1953
Feller, the unwanted dog

Mike, Margaret Truman's Irish Setter

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1933-1945
Major, German Shepherd, Meggie, Scotch Terrier, Winks, Llewellyn Setter, Tiny, English Sheepdog, President, Great Dane, and his faithful and loyal famous companion, Fa la, the Scottish Terrier. There was also Blaze, Elliot Roosevelt's Mastiff

Herbert Hoover
1929-1933
King Tut, police dog,Big Ben and Sonnie, Fox Terriers.Glen, Scotch Collie, Yukon, Eskimo dog, Patrick, Wolfhound, Eaglehurst Gillette, Setter Weejie, an Elkhound, and Pat, police dog.

Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
Calvin and Grace Coolidge literally had a zoo at the White House. Most famous and beloved was the white collie, purchased from Thomas and Olive shover who owned "Shomont White Collies". They also entertained and cared for: Peter Pan, a Terrier, Paul Pry, an Airedale, that was originally named Laddie Buck. and Rob Roy, a white Collie, originally named Oshkosh. Also popular was Calamity Jane, a Shetland Sheepdog. Tiny Tim, a Chow, Blackberry, also a Chow, and Ruby Rough, a brown Collie. They also had Boston Beans, a bulldog, King Kole, a police dog, Bessie, a yellow collie, Palo Alto, a bird dog, and Nip and Tuck, canaries. Snowflake, was also a white canary and Old Bill was a thrush. Enoch, was a goose and they had a Mockingbird belonging to Mrs. Grace Coolidge. Finally there was Tiger, an alley cat,Blacky, another cat and Rebecca and Horace, raccoons. We must not forget Ebenezer, the donkey and Smokey, a bobcat. Given to them by dignitaries from other countries there was also: lion cubs, wallaby,a pigmy hippo, and a bear

Warren Harding
1921-1923
Laddie Boy, an Airedale was a famous pet of Warren Harding and he also had Old Boy, an English Bulldog and there were Canaries belonging to Mrs. Florence Harding.

Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
Old Ike, the tobacco-chewing ram and Sheep that grazed on the White House lawn during Wilson's administration.

William Taft
1909-1913
Pauline Wayne, last cow at the White House

Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
Bleistein, Roosevelt's favorite horse: Renown, Roswell, Rusty, Jocko, Root, Grey, Dawn, Wyoming, and Yangenka, were all horses. General and Judge, were carriage horses, Algonquian, was Archie Roosevelt's calico ponyand Pete, a bull terrier was a favorite pet. There was also Sailor Boy, a Chesapeake Retriever, Jack, Kermit Roosevelt's terrier,Skip, a mongrel, Manchu, Alice Roosevelt's spaniel, Emily Spinach, Alice Roosevelt's snake; snakes belonging to Quentin Roosevelt, Eli Yale a Macaw also belonging to Quentin Roosevelt, Tom Quartz, cat, Slippers, cat, Josiah, badger, Dewey Senior, Dewey Junior, Bob Evans, Bishop Doan, and Father O'Grady, all guinea pigs

Also: lion, hyena, wildcat, coyote, five bears, two parrots, zebra, barn owl, snakes, lizards, rats, roosters, raccoon

William McKinley
1897-1901
Mexican double-yellow-headed parrot

Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893
Dogs and billy goat belonging to grandchildren

Grover Cleveland
1885-1889
1893-1897
Canaries and mockingbirds belonging to Mrs. Frances Cleveland and her Japanese poodle.


Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885
No trace of any pets with Chester A. Arthur nor little information remains regarding his administration.

James Garfield
1881-1885
Kit, Molly Garfield's mare and a dog named Veto.

Rutherford Hayes
1877-1881
Pedigreed Jersey cows, the first Siamese Kitten to reach America, Hector and Nellie, Shepherd dogs, one goat, four canaries, two hunting pups, and one spaniel type dog named Duke. Also four kittens, one Mockingbird, and several Carriage horses.

Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877
Jeff Davis, wartime mount, Cincinnatus, saddle horse, Egypt and St. Louis, carriage horses,Julia, a racing horse, Reb and Billy Button, Shetland ponies, Jennie and Mary, Nellie Grant's mares, Butcher Boy, a horse and a Parrot and Gamecocks belonging to Jesse Grant, and Faithful, Jesse Grant's Newfoundland.

Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
It is known that President Johnson left flour out at night for a family of mice playing in his room during his dark days of impeachment.

Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865
A Pig, Their beloved childhood pet, Fido, and Ponies belonging to Tad and Willy Lincoln. A white rabbit and Nanny and Nanko, Tad Lincoln's goats. Jack, Tad Lincoln's turkey, Jip, Lincoln's' dog and also cats and dogs.

James Buchanan
1857-1861
A herd of Elephants from the King of Siam and a pair of Bald Eagles, and a Newfoundland named Lara.

Franklin Pierce
1853-1857
No animals were known to have resided at the White house during his tenure.

Millard Fillmore
1850-1853
Fillmore was a founding member and president of the Buffalo chapter of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Zachary Taylor
1849-1850
Old Whitey, a wartime mount and Also a shortlived canary that they called Johnny Ty who died shortly after they tried to pair him with a mate only to discover it too was a male. Zachary Taylor provided a home on the White House grounds for Old Whitey. There was a serious problem for Whitey, however. Many of the visitors to the White House pulled a hair or two from Whitey’s tail for a souvenir.

James K. Polk
1841-1845
It is said Polk learned to ride before he could walk and had a great love of horses, but no Presidential Pets are discovered to date.

John Tyler
1841-1845
The General, a horse, and a pair of Italian Wolfhounds that he imported for his wife, Julia. The grey hound named Le Beau came from the consul of Naples "to grace the White House lawn". When The General died, Tyler had a grave dug on his estate, Sherwood. Over the grave, he had a headstone placed with the following inscription: “Here lies the body of my good horse ‘The General.’ For twenty years he bore me around the circuit of my practice, and in all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same! John Tyler.”

William Henry Harrison
1841
Billy goat and a new Durham cow for the White House.

Martin Van Buren
1837-1841
A pair of Tiger cubs given to him by the Sultan of Oman which Congress bade him to send to the zoo.

Andrew Jackson
1829-1837
Sam Patches, his wartime mount, and Emily, Lady Nashville and Bolivia, racing fillies. Truxton,a champion race horse and other ponies.

John Quincy Adams
1825-1829
An Alligator given to him by the Marquis de Lafayette and Silkworms belonging to Mrs. Louisa Adams

James Monroe
1817-1825
Spaniel belonging to Maria Monroe

James Madison
1809-1817
Green parrot belonging to Mrs. Dolly Madison

Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809
Mockingbird and two Briards, a gift from General Lafayette.

John Adams
1797-1801
Favorite Horse, Cleopatra. He built the first White House Stables and had Juno and Satan, Abigails two dogs.

George Washington
1789-1797
Samson, Steady, Leonidas, Traveller, Magnolia and other stallions. Nelson and Blueskin, horses used during the Revolution, and a Horse given to Washington by Gen. Braddock. Drunkard, Mopsey, Taster, Cloe, Tipsy, Tipler, Forester, Captain, Lady Rover, Vulcan, Sweetlips, and Searcher, all hounds; and five French hounds. Rozinante, Nellie Custis' horse, and a Parrot belonged to Mrs. Martha Washington