Major, a German Shepherd, was a presidential pet belonging to United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt.

After the latter incident, he was sent to live at Roosevelt's private residence in Hyde Park, New York and never returned to the White House.

[5] On April 29, 1933, Major bit Hattie Wyatt Caraway (a United States senator) at a White House party.

[1][4] After this incident, Major was sent to live at Roosevelt's residence in Hyde Park, New York and never returned to the White House.

[4] Similarly, decades earlier, President Theodore Roosevelt had exiled his bull terrier Pete from the White House after he bit numerous people, even tearing the pants off of Jean Jules Jusserand (ambassador of France to the United States).