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    What US president owned a cat named Tabby and a dog named Fido?

    Question #569. Asked by jesse. (Apr 03 00 5:29 PM)


    coty

    		Abe Lincoln

    Apr 03 00, 6:08 PM
    zbeckabee

    		The Lincolns owned a dog they named Fido. When the Lincolns left Springfield for Washington in February 1860, they left the family dog “Fido” with a neighboring Springfield family. Fido outlived President Lincoln but came to a similarly tragic end – being stabbed to death by a drunk.

    Mrs. Lincoln did not share her husband’s indulgence of pets and people. When President Lincoln fed a cat named “Tabby” seated next to him at a White House dinner, Mrs. Lincoln asked: “Don’t you think it’s shameful for Mr. Lincoln to feed Tabby with a gold fork?” Mr. Lincoln provided the answer: “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”

    http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/127liho/127facts1.htm

    http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=126

    Jan 11 08, 9:58 PM

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