Which U.S. President had the best pets?

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Option	Votes
Theodore Roosevelt	7
Thomas Jefferson	2
Benjamin Harrison	2
George Washington	1
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1
Andrew Johnson	1
Calvin Coolidge	1
William H. Taft	1
William McKinley	1
Richard M. Nixon	1
John Quincy Adams	1
Gerald R. Ford	0
Barack Hussein Obama	0
George W. Bush	0
Bill Clinton	0
Woodrow Wilson	0
Warren G. Harding	0
Herbert Hoover	0
George H. W. Bush	0
Ronald Reagan	0
Harry S. Truman	0
Dwight D. Eisenhower	0
Jimmy Carter	0
Lyndon B. Johnson	0
John F. Kennedy	0
Grover Cleveland	0
James Madison	0
James Monroe	0
Andrew Jackson	0
Martin Van Buren	0
William H. Harrison	0
John Tyler	0
James K. Polk	0
Zachary Taylor	0
Millard Fillmore	0
Franklin Pierce	0
James Buchanan	0
Abraham Lincoln	0
Ulysses S. Grant	0
Rutherford B. Hayes	0
James A. Garfield	0
Chester A. Arthur	0
John Adams	0

― cwkiii, Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago)

only one President had a pet named Satan

― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago)

"Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, Admiral Dewey, and Father O'Grady – Guinea pigs"

Ha!

― jim, Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago)

FYC:

George Washington
Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan – American Staghounds
Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy – Black and Tan Coonhounds [5]
Royal Gift – Donkey

Andrew Jackson
Pol – parrot (taught to swear)
Fighting cocks

Rutherford B. Hayes
Miss Pussy – Siamese Cat

Benjamin Harrison
Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection – Opossums[6]

Theodore Roosevelt
A one-legged rooster

― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago)

George H.W. Bush
Dan Quayle – Vice President

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago)

― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago)

Obviously Andrew Jackson's swearing parrot was just named Pol, but Pol Parrot would be up there with Chairman Meow on the list of hilarious and terrible pet names.

― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago)

Damn, was Calvin Coolidge running a petting zoo?

― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago)

naming pets after dictators/infamous politicians should be the new standard

Chairman Meow
Pol Parrot
Joseph Collie
Tweety Amin
Kim Jong-Beagle
Imelda Barkos
Whinny Mandela

etc etc etc

― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago)

omg Tweety Amin

― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago)

A Dog Hitler

― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago)

Nicolae Chowchowscu

― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago)

Fido Castro

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago)

Fidel Catstro, for that matter.

― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago)

Slobodog Milošević

― how's life, Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago)

Chihuahua Sadat

― how's life, Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago)

obama should call his next dog karl barx.

― emo mcgee vs ricky hitler (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago)

Genghis Kong

― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/pIJKH.jpg

― DX Dx DX (dan m), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago)

How did I never know that Grant rode Jeff Davis during the war?!

Also smirking at McKinley having Weyler and De Lome as pets.

― ça GLIS aux pays de merveilles; châteaux de loirs (Michael White), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago)

Peter III's tenure as Chief Mouser of the Cabinet Office is quite impressive, btw.

― ça GLIS aux pays de merveilles; châteaux de loirs (Michael White), Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60-dfYCcUIw/TSX8L60M3CI/AAAAAAAAApo/xTp8HeXYmLM/s1600/Bill+Clinton+and+cat+n.jpg

― john. a resident of chicago., Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago)

http://ghostsofdc.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/lbj-and-him-and-her.jpg

― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago)

LBJ used to pick up those poor pooches by the ears like congressmen.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago)

Misty Malarky Ying Yang

― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago)

xpost

tho it's a famous image i didn't want to post LBJ being cruel to his dogs - the congressmen deserved it!

― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago)

Andrew Johnson
Fed white mice he found in his bedroom

This fuckin' guy.

― pplains, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago)

William H. Taft
Ate white rice he found in his bedroom

This fuckin' guy.

― cwkiii, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago)

James Buchanan
Mate white guys he found in his bedroom

This fuckin' guy.

― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago)

Cow is a great pet

― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago)

I love this picture of Nixon's dogs:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Richard_M._Nixon%27s_dogs_looking_out_a_window_of_the_White_House_-_NARA_-_194337.tif/lossy-page1-766px-Richard_M._Nixon%27s_dogs_looking_out_a_window_of_the_White_House_-_NARA_-_194337.tif.jpg

― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago)

The little dude on the right is so awesome.

― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago)

best presidential pet moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvYm68dOQ4k

― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago)

Curious as to where Hoover kept his crocodiles. Have a great fantasy of Hoover keeping them in the Potomac and throwing presidential historians of the future to them.

― Theodora Celery, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago)

Nixon's little dude is named Pasha. And he is adorable.

― Theodora Celery, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago)

Not predicting a lot of votes for John Quincy Adams (alligator, silkworms)

― Brad C., Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago)

lol Sweet Lips. "This is my dog, Sweet Lips." Gold ole Sweet Lips.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago)

I'm imagining Wilson interacting with Old Ike, his pet ram.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago)

This has to go to T Roosevelt for Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, Admiral Dewey, and Father O'Grady – Guinea pigs.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago)

FIGHTING BOB EVANS THE GUINEA PIG

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago)

Haha, are you fucking kidding me?

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_pictures/images/bush-08.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01384/Bush_Snr_and_Pups_1384851i.jpg

― pplains, Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago)

Teddy Roosevelt's guinea pigs vs. Benjamin Harrison's opossums.

I need to sleep on this one.

― cwkiii, Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago)

Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection

oh.my.god.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago)

http://images.betterworldbooks.com/068/Millie-s-Book-Bush-Mildred-Kerr-9780688119133.jpg

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago)

http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/flashbacklancaster/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/bush11.jpg

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago)

Did Roosevelt live on a farm?

― ledge, Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago)

The White Farm iirc

― cwkiii, Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago)

All DOgs GO to Heaven - all Presidents too?

― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago)

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q60/thekingsranch/my%20President/myPresidentwithBarney3.jpg

― pplains, Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago)

I could keep posting photos of George and Barb and Millie.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago)

John F. Kennedy
Charlie – Welsh Terrier [8]
Pushinka – mutt (gift of Russian premier, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)
Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker – (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie)[8]

Even the pets were getting action in the Kennedy White House.

― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 24 August 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago)

Andrew Jackson's parrot had to be removed from Jackson's funeral because it kept swearing.

― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 24 August 2012 01:33 (twelve years ago)

Teddy Roosevelt, for the guinea pigs: Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, Admiral Dewey, and Father O'Grady

― drawings by teen cultists (Crabbits), Friday, 24 August 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago)

this thread makes me so happy

― some dude, Friday, 24 August 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago)

US Grant has some surprising ones:
Jeff Davis (horse)
Reb (pony)

LoL @ Garfield:
Veto (dog)

TR has a lot of cool ones, fav probably Emily Spinach – Garter snake

I like McKinley's Baroque names:
Washington Post – Yellow-headed Mexican parrot
Valeriano Weyler and Enrique DeLome – Angora kittens

And, uh, Misty Malarky Ying Yang.

― Pilot Inspektor Leee (Leee), Friday, 24 August 2012 03:28 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 30 August 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 31 August 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Wikipedia needs a list of great writers and their pets. I think Chekhov would win: he had a mongoose, two dachsunds called Bromine and Quinine, and a cat called Fyodor Timofeyich.

― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Friday, 31 August 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago)

I like that FDR had a dog called President. I can imagine him limping/rolling around the White House, bellowing out 'President!', to the confusion of his aides

― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Friday, 31 August 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago)

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