Presidential Pets

The Friday File: In addition to being the nation’s oldest first-term president, its wealthiest, and the first with no military or governmental experience, President Trump is the first President since Andrew Johnson (1865-1869), and only one of three without a pet. Theodore Roosevelt had 50 pets, followed by Coolidge with 29 (including a hippo), Washington with 27, and Kennedy with 22. Democratic White House occupants average six pets, Republicans nine.