I was surprised when reading the lineup of other presidential pets in the May 1 front-page article on Bo, the first dog ["The dog days of a reelection bid"], to see no mention of President Franklin D.

Just before Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a third term as president, his cousin Margaret gave him the little dog to keep him company because Eleanor Roosevelt traveled so much. The country fell ...

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