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PHOTOS: Celebrate Presidents Day with the 'first dogs'

Monday, February 16, 2015
Children of President Theodore Roosevelt's family play with a dog at the family home, ca. 1904.
Anna Roosevelt and her father, future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, acompany their German shepherd, Chief of the Mohawk in 1920.
Warren Harding with Laddie Boy
Laddie Boy, Warren Harding's dog
Warren Harding with Laddie Boy in 1923
Warren Harding with Laddie Boy
Laddie Boy, Warren Harding's dog, hosts the 1923 Easter egg roll in the absence of his owner.
Herbert Hoover holds his pet dog King Tut ca. 1928. Some observers credited this photo with helping boost Hoover's image in his election win.
First lady Grace Coolidge plays with two dogs.
Feller, a five-weeks-old cocker spaniel gift to President Truman, sits in a hallway in the White House.
Future President John F. Kennedy relaxes with his dog, Mo in 1946.
President John F. Kennedy, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and their children, Caroline, right, and John Jr., with the family dogs at their home in 1963.
President Lyndon Johnson pats the head of one of his pet beagles, with Freckles, left, and Kim on his lap aboard Air Force One in 1966.
Richard Nixon and his wife and two daughters, Patricia (left), 7, and Julie, 5, watch pet cooker spaniel Checkers jump in 1953, when Nixon was vice-president.
Liberty, President Gerald Ford's golden retriever, makes an unexpected visit to the Oval Office in 1974.
Liberty, President Gerald Ford's golden retriever, gave birth in the White House in 1975.
Liberty gives First Lady Betty Ford a kiss in 1976.
resident Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter play with their dog "Grits" in 1978.
President Ronald Reagan, along with his son Michael’s family and the president’s dog Lucky, build a snowman in 1985.
President Reagan and his wife Nancy play with their dogs, Millie (L) and Victory (R) in 1982.
President George H.W. Bush snuggles with one of first dog Millie's six puppies in 1989.
President H. Bush follows his dog Ranger as he starts out jogging in 1991.
President-elect Clinton pets outgoing first dog Millie at the White House in 1993.
President Clinton plays fetch with his dog Buddy in 1999.
President Bush does his best to salute while holding his dog Barney in 2001.
President Bush waves as he and his dog Spot walk back to the Oval Office in 2002.
President Bush's dog Barney plays in the snow in 2006.
Malia Obama, left, and Sasha Obama play with family dog Bo in 2009.
President Barack Obama pets Bo outside the Oval Office in 2012.
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Children of President Theodore Roosevelt's family play with a dog at the family home, ca. 1904.
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