- Pauline Wayne
Pauline Wayne was a Holstein cow which belonged to
William Howard Taft , the 27thPresident of the United States . Also known as "Miss Wayne", Pauline was not Taft's first presidential cow: she replaced the lesser-known "Mooley Wooly", who provided milk for the First Family for a year and a half. Taft and his wife,Helen Herron Taft , had growing children, and Taft notoriously was a large eater. Accordingly, Mooley Wooly was replaced by Pauline Wayne.Wisconsin senatorIsaac Stephenson bought Pauline Wayne for Mrs. Taft. [Anthony, Carl Sferrazza (2005). "Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era", pp. 239-40. Harper Collins. ISBN 0060513829.]From 1910 to 1913, Miss Wayne freely grazed the White House lawn. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B06E6D71F39E333A25757C0A9679D946196D6CF] ] She was the last presidential cow to live at the
White House and was considered as much a Taft family pet as she was livestock. When Taft left office, she was shipped to Wisconsin. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A04E3DD133BE633A25751C0A9649C946296D6CF] ] Her Bovine Blue Book number was 115,580.The origins of the name "Pauline Wayne" are unknown.
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* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/williamtaft.html whitehousekids.gov]
* [http://www.american-presidents.org/2007/10/pauline-wayne-presidential-cow.html Pauline Wayne, Presidential Cow]
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