Cats in the White House

Dogs aren’t the only animals to be dubbed "first" in the White House, as several presidents have had cats in the Oval Office, too. Here is a complete list of the names of all felines that have lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Martin Van Buren (D): 8th U.S. President (1837-1841)
Unnamed Tiger cubs

Rutherford B. Hayes (R): 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)
Piccolomini
Siam: Siamese
Miss Pussy: Siamese

William McKinley (R): 25th U.S. President (1897-1901)
Enrique DeLome: Angora
Valeriano Weyler: Angora

Theodore Roosevelt (R): 26th U.S. President (1901-1909)
Tom Quartz
Slippers

Woodrow Wilson (D): 28th U.S. President (1913-1921)
Puffins

Calvin Coolidge (R): 30th U.S. President (1923-1929)
Budget Bureau: Lion cub
Smoky: Bobcat
Tax Reduction: Lion cub
Tiger

John F. Kennedy (D): 35th U.S. President (1961-1963)
Tom Kitten

Gerald Ford (R): 38th U.S. President (1974-1977)
Shan: Siamese

Jimmy Carter (D): 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)
Misty Malarky Ying Yang: Siamese

Bill Clinton (D): 42nd U.S. President (1993-2001)
Socks (First Cat of the United States)

George W. Bush (R): 43rd U.S. President (2001-2009)
India "Willie"