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| Teddy with baby Josiah and adult Josiah with young Archie Roosevelt. |
President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 had a veritable zoo at the White House, including:
- Bleistein, Teddy Roosevelt’s favorite horse
- Renown, Roswell, Rusty, Jocko Root, Grey Dawn, Wyoming and Yagenka, all horses
- General and Judge, carriage horses
- Algonquin, Archie Roosevelt’s Shetland pony
- Pete, a bull terrier
- Rollo, a Saint Bernard
- Sailor Boy, a Chesapeake Bay retriever
- Blackjack (Jack), a Manchester terrier
- Skip, a terrier from John Goff
- Manchu, Alice Roosevelt’s Pekingese
- Emily Spinach, Alice Roosevelt’s snake
- Snakes belonging to Quentin Roosevelt
- Eli Yale, a Hyacinth macaw belonging to Quentin Roosevelt
- Tom Quartz, a cat
- Slippers, a cat
- Josiah, a badger
- Peter, a rabbit
- Two Kangaroo Rats
- A Flying squirrel
- Guinea pigs named Admiral Dewey, Dr. Johnson, Bob Evans, Bishop Doan, and Father O’Grady
Also in and quickly out of the White House were gift animals: a lion, a hyena, a wildcat, a coyote, five bears, two parrots, a zebra, a barn owl, a lizard, roosters, a hen, a pig, and a raccoon.
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| Teddy and Rollo |
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