United States presidential pets

[6] In 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for his fourth term when rumors surfaced that his Scottish Terrier, Fala, had accidentally been left behind when visiting the Aleutian Islands.

[8] Richard Nixon was accused of hiding a secret slush fund during his candidacy for vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.

He gave the televised "Checkers speech" named after his cocker spaniel, denying he had a slush fund but admitting, "there is one thing that I did get as a gift that I'm not going to give back.

Although there had been talk of Nixon being dropped from the ticket, following his speech he received an increase in support and Mamie Eisenhower reportedly recommended he stay because he was "such a warm person.

[18] Barack and Michelle Obama were without pets prior to the 2008 election, but promised their daughters they could get a dog when the family moved into the White House.

[19] They selected Bo, a Portuguese Water Dog, partly due to Malia Obama's allergies and the need for a hypoallergenic pet.

[22] Bo was featured in the 2010 children's book Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters, written by President Obama with illustrations by Loren Long.

Socks at the White House Press Briefing Room lectern in 1993
Grace Coolidge with Laddie Boy , an Airedale Terrier , and Rob Roy , a white Collie
Barney , India , and Miss Beazley , three pets of the George W. Bush White House
Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton by John Faed shows Washington on his horse Blueskin
Old Bob caparisoned in a mourning blanket at Abraham Lincoln's funeral
Archie riding Algonquin
Roosevelt family with Skip
Illustration of Slippers, the White House cat [ g ]
Laddie Boy
Portrait of Rob Roy and Grace Coolidge
Herbert Hoover with King Tut
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Fala (1940)
The Kennedy family and dogs
Johnson lifting Him by the ears
King Timahoe, Vicky and Pasha looking out the window in the White House
Amy Carter with her cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang
Rex, Ronald Reagan's dog
George H. W. Bush walking with Millie and Ranger
Bo and Sunny