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Yes, Teddy Roosevelt had a bear named Jonathan Edwards

John Fea   |  February 2, 2021

On Sunday, Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi gave us an update on the presidential dogs Champ and Major:

Snow day!!! pic.twitter.com/y5VRmBd0my

— Naomi Biden (@NaomiBiden) January 31, 2021

I love this piece by Matthew Dessem at Slate. He ranks all the presidential pets. I won’t tell you which pet comes in at #1, but here are some my favorites:

  • Donald Trump’s “metaphorical dogs”
  • Benjamin Harrison’s pet possums “Mr. Protection” and “Mr. Reciprocity”
  • “Dick,” Thomas Jefferson’s mockingbird
  • “Pauline Wayne,” William Howard Taft’s cow
  • James Garfield’s dog “Veto”
  • Richard Nixon’s dog “King Timahoe”
  • Teddy Roosevelt’s bear “Jonathan Edwards”
  • “Fido,” Abraham Lincoln’s dog
  • “Old Ike,” Woodrow Wilson’s ram

Read the entire piece here.

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: animals, dogs, presidential history

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