Pets Return to the White House

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President- elect Joe Biden’s dog, Champ, stands during a speech

Ella Ermshler, Graphic Designer
December 2, 2020

With the election of President Joe Biden, the ‘First Dog’ position in the White House will once again be full! President Donald Trump broke the nation’s 95-year streak of having a dog in the Oval Office and is one of only four presidents not to have any furry friends at all. To welcome Champ, Biden’s German Shepard, here’s a few other presidential dogs of the past!

This timeline doesn’t include all of the dogs over the past 100 years, but each president’s most famous dog is featured! (Photos Courtesy of Getty Images and the US National Archives)