Cats in the White House
Saturday February 18th, 2012
Dogs aren’t the only animals to be dubbed "first" in the White House, as several presidents have had cats in the Oval Office, too. Here is a complete list of the names of all felines that have lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Martin Van Buren: 8th U.S. President (1837-1841)
Unnamed Tiger cubs
Theodore Roosevelt: 26th U.S. President (1901-1909)
Tom Quartz
Slippers
Woodrow Wilson: 28th U.S. President (1913-1921)
Puffins
Calvin Coolidge: 30th U.S. President (1923-1929)
Budget Bureau (Lion cub)
Smoky (Bobcat)
Tax Reduction (Lion cub)
Tiger
John F. Kennedy: 35th U.S. President (1961-1963)
Tom Kitten
Gerald Ford: 38th U.S. President (1974-1977)
Shan (Siamese)
Jimmy Carter: 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)
Misty Malarky Ying Yang (Siamese)
Bill Clinton: 42nd U.S. President (1993-2001)
Socks (First Cat of the United States)
George W. Bush: 43rd U.S. President (2001-2009)
India "Willie"
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