Abraham Lincoln, is the first president to bring a cat into the White House. When Abe Lincoln assumed office, his son, Tad, asked to bring his cat, named Tabby, on the trip from Illinois to the nation's capital, Lincoln was compelled to agree.
While Lincoln was in office, his wife, Mary Todd, was asked by a reporter if her husband had any hobbies. She promptly replied that the President was very fond of cats.
Another incident which made Lincoln respected and loved by animal lovers was when Lincoln stumbled upon three kittens that were homeless and orphaned during the Civil War.
He found them in a telegraph hut, and started asking the locals about their mother but when he was told that the mother cat dad died he took it upon himself to find the kittens a good home