“Coolidge Has Raccoon; Probably Won’t Eat It,” one contemporary Boston Herald headline blared. The post Why did Calvin Coolidge pardon a raccoon for Thanksgiving — and keep it as a pet ...

All the presidents' pets: Calvin Coolidge's White House raccoon Known as "Silent Cal," President Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words, but many pets.

Pet raccoons aren’t common, but some people have kept domesticated raccoons as pets over the years. President Calvin Coolidge had two pet raccoons while he was in the White House.

If Americans know anything at all about Calvin Coolidge, U.S. president No. 30, they know he had a pet raccoon. The Coolidge White House (1923-1929) has not been enshrined in high school curricula ...

But for sheer strangeness, Calvin Coolidge outdid them all. Though the flinty New Englander wasn’t known for personal warmth, Silent Cal had a soft spot in his heart for critters.

Wickedpedia Why did Calvin Coolidge pardon a raccoon for Thanksgiving — and keep it as a pet? “Coolidge Has Raccoon; Probably Won’t Eat It,” one contemporary Boston Herald headline blared.