Sad news. India "Willie" Bush, the former White House cat died today. This led me on a wild Wikipedia romp through past presidential pets, eventually ending with this page. I would have to say that this is one of the greatest wikipages I have ever read. Here's just a sampling. Harry Truman's boa Monster Jungle X-Ray!!! Teddy Roosevelt's one legged rooster!!! Chester Arthur never had any pets!!! Andrew Johnson used to feed mice he found in his bedroom!!!
AND--according to to the edits history of that page, Henry Kissinger has been removed from Nixon's list of pets multiple times.
AH. This is why life is pretty okay. Also, I made up some more pets.
27. Future Bacon – pig, belonged to Woodrow Wilson
26. Sir Burton Burrs – python, belonged to Franklin Pierce
25. Large Marge – fat tiger, belonged to Richard M. Nixon
24. Calvin Rodney Kenneth – secretariat bird, belonged to John Quincy Adams
23. Derek – dinosaur, belonged to Jimmy Carter
22. Little Honky Bastard – goat, belonged to Harry S. Truman
21. Eightarms Eileen – octopus, belonged to James Buchanan
20. Cornfed Lass – minke whale, belonged to Rutherford B. Hayes
19. Ol’ Thumby – polydactyl cat, belonged to Andrew Jackson
18. Sherbert, Sherman, Sherwood, and Fuckface – gerbils, belonged to John F. Kennedy
17. Johnny Cotton – vampire bat, belonged to George H.W. Bush
16. Miss Jenny Taxpayer and Mister Johnny Lawmaker – parakeets, belonged to Millard Fillmore
15. Lady Cab Driver – Pekinese cat, belonged to Ronald Reagan
14. Pierce Brosnan – actor, belonged to William Jefferson Clinton
13. Buck Chin – musk ox, belonged to John Adams
12. Andrew Benjamin – yeti, belonged to Thomas Jefferson
11. Rollo the Red – fox, belonged to Warren G. Harding
10. Mr. Brutus – beetle, belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
9. Dennis Leatherbuttons Shimmytacker-Shammyticker McTeague, Esq. – pygmy, belonged to James Garfield
8. Midrial Filth – daemon, belonged to Calvin Coolidge
7. Gaeten & Gwyneth – ferrets, belonged to James Monroe
6. Captain Jeffy – ground sloth, belonged to Grover Cleveland
5. Princess Poo-Poo Mystique – badger, belonged to Theodore Roosevelt
4. J.J. Jypsy – gypsy, belonged to James Madison
3. Dwight Dog Eisenhower – Yorkshire terrier, belonged to Dwight Eisenhower
2. Dwight Cat Eisenhower – Siamese cat, belonged to Dwight Eisenhower
1. Dwight Bird Eisenhower - alligator, belonged to Dwight Eisenhower
