Quiz: Which US President Had a Pet Alligator That He Kept in a White House Bathtub?
Believe it or not, the answer is John Quincy Adams! The sixth president of the United States, Adams had a rather unusual pet—a live alligator—that he kept in a White House bathtub. It’s one of those quirky historical facts that sounds almost too bizarre to be true, yet it is. Let’s take a closer look at how this curious situation came to be and what it says about the eccentricities of early American politics. A Gift with a Bite The