By Marisa Laudadio
5:33am PST, Jan 26, 2021
President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden moved into the White House on Jan. 20, 2021. Four days later, their two dogs — German shepherds Champ and Major — joined them. To celebrate the country's new "first dogs," Wonderwall.com is taking a look at some of the other canines and cats who've called the White House home over the last century. Fun fact: Only two presidents — Donald Trump and James K. Polk — have not had pets while in office. Let's start with this happy-dog snapshot that shows Major — who was adopted by the Bidens from the Delaware Humane Association in 2018 and is the first rescue dog to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — playing outside the White House on Jan. 24, 2021. Keep reading for more adorable political animals…
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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, posed for a family portrait with their dogs — Portuguese water dogs Bo and Sunny — in the Rose Garden of the White House on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015.
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President Bill Clinton chatted with New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Texas Governor Ann Richards at the White House as daughter Chelsea Clinton watched Super Bowl XXVII on TV with pet cat Socks on her lap on Jan. 31, 1993.
President George W. Bush's English springer spaniel, Spot, was caught with a tennis ball on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 23, 2001. Spot was the offspring of Millie, who was former President George H. Bush's family dog.
Then-first lady Michelle Obama joined then-second lady Jill Biden and her German shepherd Champ at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2012, to work on a Mother's Day initiative during a Joining Forces service event.
President George H. W. Bush did some work with two of his dog Millie's two-month-old puppies at his side — with plenty of newspaper spread on floor since they were being potty trained at the time — in the White House on May 16, 1989.
On Jan. 20, 1993 — inauguration day — outgoing President George H. W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush introduced their dog Millie to President-elect Bill Clinton and wife Hillary Clinton on the steps of the White House.
President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's pet cat, Socks, sat on the first lady's lap in front of a Christmas tree during the holiday season at the White House on Dec. 13, 1995.
First lady Barbara Bush crouched beside her springer spaniel Millie's birthing box after playing midwife and helping deliver the dog's litter of six puppies, with granddaughter Marshall looking on, at the White House on May 18, 1989.
President Ronald Reagan, first lady Nancy Reagan and their Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Rex, attended the White House tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 1, 1985.
President Herbert Hoover posed with his pet dog, King Tut, in this photo taken in the 1930s.
On Christmas Day 1962, President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy posed with family dog Clipper, a German shepherd, and family members including Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Anthony Radziwill, Prince Stanislaus Radziwill, Lee Radziwill and their daughter, Anna Christina Radziwill.
President Richard M. Nixon greeted his dogs — Irish setter King Timahoe, Yorkshire terrier Pasha and French poodle Vicky — outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 1970.
President Bill Clinton's family pets — Socks the cat and Buddy the dog — hung out in the outer Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 5, 1998.
President Bill Clinton and White House photographer Sharon Farmer watched as his dog, Buddy, and his cat, Socks, barked and hissed at each other on the lawn outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 1988.
First lady Michelle Obama held Sunny and older daughter Malia held Bo as younger daughter Sasha looked on while welcoming the official White House Christmas tree to their residence in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 29, 2013.
John F. Kennedy Jr. mischievously leaned out of his baby carriage parked on the White House grounds and reached for the family's pet dog Charlie on April 12, 1962.
President George H. W. Bush played with some of his dog Millie's puppies on the White House lawn on May 4, 1989.
Socks the cat — the first pet of President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton — checked out a pile of Easter eggs on the White House lawn in April 1994.
President George H. W. Bush returned to the White House after flying back from Camp David on Marine One and landing on the South Lawn on June 28, 1992. He was accompanied by son George W. Bush and the family dogs, Millie (pictured) and Ranger.
First lady Barbara Bush admired her dog Millie's new puppies as they romped around a pen inside the White House on April 1, 1989.
President Lyndon B. Johnson, first lady Lady Bird Johnson and their daughters played with their beagles in the flower garden of the White House on April 19, 1964.
First lady Mamie Eisenhower posed with her Weimaraner, Heidi, in front of a portrait of former President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., in 1958.
President George H. W. Bush cuddled one of family dog Millie's new springer spaniel puppies on the grounds of the White House on March 29, 1989.
President George W. Bush carried his dog Barney as first lady Laura Bush held their other Scottish terrier, Miss Beazley, after stepping off Air Force One on Dec. 26, 2005, upon landing in Waco, Texas, on their way to their Crawford, Texas, ranch to ring in the New Year.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt posed with his Scottish terrier, Fala, and young girl Ruthie Bie in Hyde Park, New York, in 1941.
President George W. Bush waved as his dogs Barney and Miss Beazley scurried off Marine One upon their return to the White House on Aug. 13, 2006, following a vacation to his Crawford, Texas, ranch.
President Bill Clinton cuddled with his new puppy, a 3-month-old chocolate Labrador retriever he'd soon name Buddy,
on Jan. 4, 1998.
President Bill Clinton's cat, Socks, sat atop a deer statue in the White House garden on Dec. 25, 1994, as the Clintons headed to church.
President Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge posed with one of their dogs on the White House lawn in Washington, D.C., circa 1927.
President Bill Clinton bent over to congratulate his new chocolate labrador retriever, Buddy, for sitting and offering his paw in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 13, 1998.
President Gerald R. Ford worked on budget matters in the Oval Office while petting his golden retriever, Liberty, on Nov. 8, 1974.
The Clinton family cat, Socks sat on President Bill Clinton's shoulder on March 25, 1993, after he finished his morning jog.
President Ronald Reagan walked across the White House lawn with first lady Nancy Reagan and their dog, Lucky, upon returning from Camp David on Sept. 1, 1985.
In this portrait of the Ford family taken in 1978, first lady Betty Ford and President Gerald Ford and their children posed with the family's golden retriever, Liberty.
Ronald Reagan walked his dog Lucky, a Bouvier des Flandres dog, on Air Force One on Nov. 26, 1985.
President Warren G. Harding greeted his Airedale terrier, Laddie Boy, on the steps of the White House on April 9, 1923.
Less than a year before he assumed the presidency, Gerald Ford posed at his home in Alexandria, Virginia, in November 1973 with sons Steven Ford and John Ford, daughter Susan Ford, wife Betty Ford and Susan's Siamese cat, Shan.
When President John F. Kennedy and his family returned to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 1963, from a holiday vacation in Florida, first daughter Caroline Kennedy's Welsh terrier, Charlie, broke away from her. She gave chase and finally caught up with him on the tarmac as a helicopter crew member prepared to help.
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leaving the White House for the Capitol to take the oath of office on Jan. 20, 1941, his Scottish terrier, Fala, invited himself into the car.
President Gerald Ford, the first lady and their daughter gave some loving attention to their family's golden retriever, Liberty, as she nursed her first litter of puppies on Sept. 17, 1975.
President Lyndon B. Johnson took to the White House grounds to walk two of his dogs — Him, a beagle, and Blanco, a collie — as journalists trailed behind on April 9, 1965.
Margaret Truman, the daughter of President Harry Truman, played with her dog, Mike, at the White House in 1945.
