List of US presidents and their dogs

Thursday March 31st, 2011

Having a dog in the White House is nothing new. We have listed 32 US presidents who undoubtedly found comfort in the loyalty, friendship and unconditional love of "man's best friend."

George Washington - 1st US President (1789-1797)

Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan - American Staghounds

Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy - Black and Tan Coonhounds

John Adams - 2nd US President (1797-1801)

Juno and Satan - Dogs

Thomas Jefferson - 3rd US President (1801-1809)

Buzzy and unknown - Briards

James Monroe - 5th US President (1817-1825)

Spaniel

John Tyler - 10th US President (1841-1845)

Le Beau - Italian Greyhound

Franklin Pierce - 14th US President (1853-1857)

Seven miniature Oriental dogs

James Buchanan - 15th US President (1857-1861)

Lara - Newfoundland

Punch - Toy Terrier

Abraham Lincoln - 16th US President (1861-1865)

Fido - Dog

Ulysses S. Grant - 18th US President (1869-1877)

Faithful - Newfoundland

Rosie - Dog

Rutherford B. Hayes - 19th US President (1877-1881)

Dot - Cocker Spaniel

Hector - Newfoundland

Duke - English Mastiff

Grim - Greyhound

Juno and Shep - Hunting dogs

Jet - Dog

James A. Garfield - 20th US President (1881-1881)

Veto - Dog

Grover Cleveland-22nd & 24th US President (1885-89/1893-97)

Poodle

Benjamin Harrison - 23rd US President (1889-1893)

Dash - Collie

Theodore Roosevelt - 26th US President (1901-1909)

Pete - Bull Terrier

Skip - Rat Terrier

Jack and Peter - Terriers

Blackjack - Manchester Terrier

Manchu - Pekingese

Rollo - Saint Bernard

Sailor Boy - Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Gem and Susan - Dogs

William Howard Taft - 27th US President (1909-1913)

Caruso - Dog

Woodrow Wilson - 28th US President (1913-1921)

Davie - Airedale Terrier

Mountain Boy - Greyhound

Bruce - Bull Terrier

Warren G. Harding - 29th US President (1921-1923)

Laddie Boy - Airedale Terrier

Old Boy - Bulldog

Calvin Coolidge - 30th US President (1923-1929)

Rob Roy and Prudence Prim - White collies

Peter Pan - Terrier

Paul Pry - Airedale Terrier

Calamity Jane - Shetland Sheepdog

Tiny Tim and Blackberry - Chow Chows

Ruby Rouch - Collie

Boston Beans - Bulldog

King Cole - German shepherd

Palo Alto - Bird dog

Bessie - Collie

Herbert Hoover - 31st US President (1929-1933)

King Tut - Belgian Shepherd

Pat - German Shepherd

Big Ben and Sonnie - Fox Terriers

Glen - Scotch Collie

Yukonan - Eskimo dog

Patrick - Irish Wolfhound

Eaglehurst Gillette - SetterWeejie - Norwegian Elkhound

Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd US President (1933-1945)

Fala - Scottish Terrier

Majora - German Shepherd

Meggie - Scottish Terrier

Winks - Llewellyn Setter

Tiny - Old English Sheepdog

President - Great Dane

Blaze - Mastiff

Harry S. Truman - 33rd US President (1945-1953)

Feller - Cocker Spaniel

Mike - Irish Setter

Dwight D. Eisenhower - 34th US President (1953-1961)

Heidi - Weimaraner

John F. Kennedy - 35th US President (1961-1963)

Pushinka - mutt (gift of Russian premier, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)

Shannon - Irish Cocker Spaniel

Wolf - (mutt, possibly part Wolfhound and Schnauzer)

Clipper - German Shepherd

Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker - (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie)

Lyndon B. Johnson - 36th US President (1963-1969)

Him and Her - Beagles

Edgar- Beagle

Blanco - white Collie

Freckles - Beagle

Yuki - mongrel

Richard M. Nixon - 37th US President (1969-1974)

Vicki - Poodle

Pasha - Terrier

King Timahoe - Irish Setter

Checkers - Cocker Spaniel (note: Checkers died while Nixon was vice-president, before becoming president, but had played a major role in his electoral career)

Gerald Ford - 38th US President (1974-1977)

Liberty - Golden Retriever

Misty - (Liberty's puppy born in the White House)

Jimmy Carter - 39th US President (1977-1981)

Grits - Border Collie; Given to his daughter Amy by her teacher, but quickly returned.

Lewis Brown - Afghan Hound

Ronald Reagan - 40th US President (1981-1989)

Lucky - Bouvier des Flandres

Rex - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Victory - Golden Retriever

Peggy - Irish Setter

Taca - Siberian Husky

Fuzzy - Belgian sheepdog

George H. W. Bush - 41st US President (1989-1993)

Millie - Springer Spaniel

Ranger - one of Millie's puppies

Bill Clinton - 42nd US President (1993-2001)

Buddy - Bill's chocolate Labrador Retriever (b.1997-Jan 2, 2002)

George W. Bush - 43rd US President (2001-2009)

Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (Mar 17, 1989--Feb 21, 2004) - female English Springer Spaniel named after Scott Fletcher; Puppy of Millie; Euthanized after suffering a series of strokes.

Barney - Scottish Terrier

Miss Beazley (b. Oct 28, 2004) - Scottish Terrier; Nicknamed "Beazley Weazley"; 2005 birthday gift from George to his wife.