Actually, you are thinking of President Clinton. He had a pet cat named Socks. President Obama has a pet dog named Bo.
The President's pet that is named Socks is a dog. Many people have dogs as pets throughout the United States.
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Abraham Lincoln
President Obama doesn't have a son.
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It was never recorded that President Lincoln had a cat named 'Socks.' He had two primary pet cats named 'Tabby' and 'Dixie,' which were given to him by Secretary of State William Seward. He also had a number of strays that he cared for. President William Clinton had a cat named 'Socks.' Socks joined the Clinton family during Bill's governship by 'jumping into the arms' of daughter Chelsea as she was leaving her piano teacher's house in 1991.
Ann Dunham