Presidential Pets
- John Quincy Adams had an alligator, and his wife kept silkworms
- William Henry Harrison kept a billy goat and a Durham cow so he could have fresh milk at the White House
- Martin Van Buren had a pair of tiger cubs given to him by the Sultan of Oman which Congress told him to send to the zoo
- Zachary Taylor had a shortlived canary named Johnny Ty
- Gerald Ford’s golden retriever Liberty had a litter of pups while he was president
(Source: presidentialpetmuseum.com)
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