{"id":4622,"date":"2020-12-15T04:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2020-12-15T04:27:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:27:10","slug":"newsday-tuesday-cats-in-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4622","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Cats in the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Those of you who loves cats and who follows cats in the news will be pleased to learn that there will be a first cat again come January. The Bidens have two large German Shepherds and they\u2019re eager to introduce a cat to the family. I hope they know what they\u2019re doing. There are many sweet photographs on the web showing cat and dog buddies snuggling or playing, but it\u2019s not an easy task to introduce a cat into a family with dogs who have never experienced a cat. Crossing fingers for the cat they choose.<\/p>\n

Many of you know this certainly won\u2019t be the first cat to be a First Cat. President Abraham Lincoln had a cat as did the Clintons, Calvin Coolidge, the Carters, the Reagans, the Kennedys and George W. Bush. Woodrow Wilson had cats and also a ram whose job it was to keep the White House lawns groomed. Theodore Roosevelt had 23 animals including cats. At the White House? Rutherford Hayes had a Siamese cat as well as cows, many dogs, a goat and a mocking bird.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a site showing some of the \u201cfirst\u201d cats, including a cute photo of Socks sitting in the president\u2019s big leather chair. Remember Socks, the Clinton\u2019s first cat? https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/biden-will-add-legacy-history-presidential-cats-1551624<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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