Didn’t one of the Roman emperor’s make his horse a Senator or something to that effect?
Off to Google this very subject right now....
Yea....what’s that song Rush used to play about that black woman senator from IL.....”moving up” or something...hey man, barry and michele are gonna live as high on the hog as they can get away with...after all “The Man” has been keeping them down for so long...Oh, wait, they got to the best schools through the white Man’s affirmative action...yea, well, too bad sucker!!
Incitatus was the favored horse of Roman emperor Caligula. Its name is a Latin adjective meaning "swift" or "at full gallop".
According to Suetonius's Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Incitatus had a stable of marble, with an ivory manger, purple blankets, and a collar of precious stones. Others have indicated that the horse was attended to by eighteen servants, and was fed oats mixed with gold flake. Suetonius also wrote that Caligula planned to make Incitatus a consul.
Incitatus was named not only a citizen of Rome, but a member of the Roman senate.
The horse would "invite" dignitaries to dine with him in a house outfitted with servants there to entertain such events.