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Buddy (August 7, 1997 – January 2, 2002), a male chocolate-colored
Clinton acquired Buddy as a three-month-old puppy from
Labrador Retriever
The Labrador Retriever or simply Labrador or Lab is a British list of dog breeds, breed of water dog retriever gun dog. It was developed in the United Kingdom from St. John's water dogs imported from the Newfoundland Colony, colony of Newfoun ...
, was one of two pets kept by the Clinton family while Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...
was President of the United States. The Clintons' other pet was a cat named Socks
A sock is a piece of clothing worn on the feet and often covering the ankle or some part of the Calf (leg), calf. Some types of shoes or boots are typically worn over socks. In ancient times, socks were made from leather or matted animal hair. ...
.
Life
Clinton acquired Buddy as a three-month-old puppy from Caroline County, Maryland
Caroline County is a rural County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 33,293. Its county seat is Denton, Maryland, Denton. The county is part of the Eastern Shor ...
, in December 1997. He named him after his late great-uncle, Henry Oren "Buddy" Grisham, who had died the previous June and whom Clinton often cited as a major influence on his life.
Socks did not get along with the frisky Buddy, so the White House had to keep the two in separate quarters. Since this arrangement would be no longer possible in the Clintons' smaller home in New York, Socks was left under the care of Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie
Betty Grace Currie (née Williams; born November 10, 1939) is an American government official who served as the personal secretary for Bill Clinton during his tenure as president of the United States. She became well known as a figure in the Lew ...
.
Death
According to a police report, Buddy was killed by a car while "playfully chasing a contractor" who had left the Clinton home inChappaqua, New York
Chappaqua ( ) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of New Castle, in northern Westchester County, New York, United States. It is approximately north of New York City. The hamlet is served by the Chappaqua station of the Metr ...
, on January 2, 2002. The Clintons were not home at the time of the accident; their home was being watched by Secret Service
A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data. The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another. For i ...
agents. The agents rushed Buddy to an animal hospital where he was pronounced dead.
In June 2002, Clinton acquired another chocolate Labrador whom he named "Seamus".
Cultural references
First LadyHillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
wrote a children's book called '' Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets'' in 1998. It included excerpts from more than 50 letters written to the First Pets by children and more than 80 photographs of Socks and Buddy.
Buddy was a central character in Rick Cleveland
Rick Cleveland is an American television writer, playwright, and monologist, best known for writing on the HBO original series '' Six Feet Under'' and NBC's ''The West Wing''. His 2011 play ''The Rail Splitter'' premiered at Carthage College as ...
's 2005 one-man show ''My Buddy Bill'',
relating the writer's fictional friendship with Bill Clinton, which began when both men discovered their common interest in dogs.
See also
*United States presidential pets
Most President of the United States, United States presidents have kept pets while in office, or pets have been part of First Family of the United States, their families. Only James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Donald Trump did not have any pres ...
* List of individual dogs
The following is a list of individual dogs.
Actors
Advertising
* Alex the dog, Banjo, portrayed Carlos, an Irish Setter-Golden Retriever mix and star of Stroh Brewery Company, Stroh's beer advertising in the 1980s. Also mentioned in the 1 ...
* List of Labrador Retrievers
This list of Labrador Retrievers covers notable individual dogs that belong to this breed. The Labrador retriever is the most popular breed of dogs (by registered ownership) in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The breed is exceptio ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddy 1997 animal births 2002 animal deaths Bill Clinton Caroline County, Maryland Hillary Clinton Road incident deaths in New York (state) United States presidential dogs Labrador Retriever Hillary Clinton's tenure as First Lady of the United States Presidency of Bill Clinton