Posted on 04/19/2021 2:14:57 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
...There is a history of presidential pets in the White House, most notably canine companions. But there have also been a few felines that have called 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. home, though not in over 10 years. Not been since George W. Bush, with his pet India, has there been a cat in the White House, but Bush Jr. was not the first president to have a cat. Read on to find out who were America's cat-loving presidents.
Lincoln was known as an avid cat-lover. He had two cats while he was in the White House, Tabby and Dixie, and because of his affection toward the four-legged creatures, he would also bring in strays. There are many reports from his contemporaries as well as his wife about the president's love of cats....The Roosevelt family had multiple pets during their time in the White House — the most out of any president with 23 different animals. One pet was Slippers, a six-toed cat. He also had a cat called Tom Quartz, said to have been named after the character in Roughing It by Mark Twain....Coolidge had many cats big and small during his time at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. He had four house cats named Bounder, Tiger, Mud, Tiger and Blacky. He also was said to have had a bobcat as well as two lion cubs given to him by dignitaries from South Africa — named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau....
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Knowing us cat people, some may have had one but never mentioned it.
https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/abraham-lincoln-cats/
Lincoln said his cat, Dixie, was smarter than his whole Cabinet!
In honor of the Clintons our kids were gifted with stuffed animals resembling the President's cat Socks.
Socks was the only member of the Clinton gang I liked. Buddy was a distant second.
Ronald Reagan invited Dizzy Gillespie to the White House in 1982. He was one cool cat.
Just sayin'.
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OMG! For all I have read about Lincoln and kitties, that is the first I knew of that. Thank you!!!!!!
Yeah, I’m saying kitties will tough out some very bad situations.
Funny you never see the cat after that.
We always had hunting dogs and didn’t have cats till I was 55 years old.
Correction. The cats didn’t have us until I was 55.
I had nothing to do with it.
5.56mm
Siamese can be scary smart.
LOL!
*insert bongo drum sounds*
Adding a cat to the WH to offset bad publicity about vicious German Shepherds: what could possibly go wrong?
“In honor of the Clintons our kids were gifted with stuffed animals resembling the President’s cat Socks.”
Glad they weren’t handing out blue dresses.
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