A is for Alligator, Angora, and Afghan
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), Herbert Hoover (1929-1933), William McKinley (1897-1901), and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Alligator
President John Quincy Adams played host to an alligator for two months during 1825. Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, toured America in 1824-1825. During that tour he was gifted with an alligator and while in Washington, President Adams housed it for the Marquis in the unfinished East Room of the White House as well as in its bathtub!
President Herbert Hoover’s young son, Allan, had two alligators in the early 1930s. Since they roamed the WH grounds, I’m sure they kept the crazies away!
Angora
President William McKinley had two Angora cats while in office. They were named Valerino Weyler (after the governor of Cuba) and Enrique DeLome (after the Spanish ambassador). This is a vintage representative photo.
Afghan Hound
President Jimmy Carter had an Afghan Hound named Louis Brown. He did live at the WH but apparently no photographs could be found by any of my sources. Of course, this was before the internet but not cameras so I don’t know how such a beautiful dog could escape media attention. In fact only one source mentioned him and the only thing they said was he was blonde/brown in color!! (Representative photo.)
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Interesting take on letter A. I scrap 2
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Very interesting facts!
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Alligators in the White House? We never knew! Fun post!
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Craziness in Washington – always!!
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I love your theme, it’s very original.
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There were a lot of A named pets at The White House. Great start to the challenge.
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alley gatorz….whoa…..we troo lee dinna noe that…grate start for yur challenge guys !! happee fry day N heerz two a flabby whalefish kinda week oh end ♥♥♥
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We think the alligators are April Fool’s jokes, but the others are real. 🙂
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Nope!! It’s for realsies!! Alligators were in the White House, at least for a short time!!
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I love learning new things. This post was awesome! Can’t wait for the next one.
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Reblogged this on An Array Of Blogs.
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Not sure about the alligator MOL ! Funny post ! Purrs
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The gators are kinda scary!!!
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Is “Dragonheart, Merlin and Devi” on to something…? Is the alligator one a joke? If not, wow, just wow!
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The gators were really in the White House!!
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Wow, what a different time back then!
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You have chosen a very fascinating topic for the Challenge and we look forward to following along!
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Very interesting post! Alligators in the White House?? Great start to the A-Z Challenge – looking forward to reading more 🙂
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I definitely do not want an alligator roaming around! I can imagine it did keep the crazies away!
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An afghan hound would be wasted on me. I would have his hair clipped short by the groomers. I can’t imagine having a long haired dog in the Georgia heat.
Ann Bennett @annbennett12
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alligators in the WH- it seems quite surreal…
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Hello there! very informative post!
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