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Which president received a live raccoon as a thanksgiving present

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Calvin Coolidge in 1913
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President Calvin Coolidge

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In 1913, the White House's longstanding provider of Thanksgiving turkeys passed away. Local Maryland farmers were eager to get the president's favor and continued sending him increasingly outlandish turkey stand-ins, one of which was Rebecca, a female raccoon. Unwilling to try raccoon meat and besotted by the animal, President Coolidge and his wife Grace decided to keep the raccoon as a pet, even going so far as to get her an embroidered collar.

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