US Presidential pets

First Family George Bush's pets get in the Halloween spirit, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, in a portrait on the Blue Room balcony on the south side of the White House. From left are Miss Beazley, Willie the cat, and Barney. The dogs are Scottish Terriers. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

President Bush calls for his dog 'Barney' as he stands on the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington.

President Clinton (buttocks up) tries to broker a peace plan while introducing first cat Socks to his new dog Buddy during an impromptu meeting outside the Oval Office. In the background, White House photographer Sharon Farmer assists.

President Bush tries to get his dog Barney interested in going up the steps to Air Force One, as Bush prepares to depart Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, en route to his Crawford, Texas, home.

Socks the cat, who belongs to President-elect Clinton, gets his moment in the spotlight outside the governor's mansion in Little Rock.

Socks the cat peers over the podium in the White House briefing room. A White House groundskeeper was walking Socks when he stopped and lifted Socks to the podium.

First lady Barbara Bush and her granddaughter, Marshall Lloyd Bush, visit with first dog Millie and her six puppies in the residence of the White House.

President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter play with their dog named Grits on the south lawn of the White House in Washington D.C. after returning from church. Earlier that day a group of people were arrested for planning to disrupt the church service in protest over the neutron bomb.

Nancy Reagan cradles Rex, the Reagans' King Charles spaniel, as she and President Ronald Reagan stroll along the White House south lawn.

President Gerald Ford and his daughter, Susan, and their dog Liberty take a moment for a photo op on the South Lawn of the White House.

Luci Johnson, the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and her fiance, Pat Nugent, greet the Johnson family collie, "Blanco," July 11, 1966 in Washington, DC. Luci and Pat flew back from a stay at the LBJ Ranch in Texas with President and Mrs. Johnson. A White House staffer holds the leashes of Blanco and the two Johnson beagles.

President Richard Nixon pats the head of his Irish setter 'King Timahoe' as he walks from his office in the Executive Office building to the White House in Washington D.C. on April 30, 1970. White House electrician Traphes Bryant holds back the other first family pets "Pasha," a Yorkshire terrier, and "Vickie," a miniature French Poodle.

President Warren G. Harding, standing with his Airedale terrier "Laddie Boy."

Pauline, pet cow of President William Howard Taft, on the lawn in front of the State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C. The photo was made between the years 1909 and 1913.

President Herbert Hoover poses with his police dog "King Tut."

Sen. Richard Nixon, Republican vice presidential candidate, relaxed with his family on the lawn of their Washington D.C. home on Sept. 28, 1952. With the senator was his wife, Pat, their children Julie and Patricia, and their cocker-spaniel, "Checkers."