White House – Michael Broad

How many cats have lived at the White House?

April 3, 2023 by Michael Broad

Calvin Coolidge with cat. Picture courtesy Library of Congress

We don’t have an exact figure for the number of domestic cats that have lived at the White House with US presidents over the years so the question in the title cannot be answered with accuracy, sadly. However, there seems to have been around 20+ as a rough estimate. That’s the end of the …

White House female cat is waiting in the wings

April 30, 2021 by Michael Broad

Biden and wife Jill and Champ in a selfie

This is a quick update, no more, because I don’t have much information, on an article that I wrote on 28 November 2020. At that time the public was made aware that the then President-elect, Joe Biden, and his wife Jill intended to bring to the White House two dogs and a cat. We …

Bidens will be bringing a cat to the White House (plus Major and Champ)

November 28, 2020 by Michael Broad

NEWS AND COMMENT: Pres-elect Joe Biden and his wife Dr Biden won’t just be bringing their German shepherds, Major and Champ to the White House; they are also bringing with them a cat according to an exclusive report from CBS Sunday. And the Twitter tweet in which that information is disclosed is on this …

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