Presidential Trivia

This president liked to give out toothbrushes stamped with his name claiming, “I want people to think of me right away when they wake up and right before they go to bed.”

• Kennedy

• Johnson (LBJ)

• Obama

• George W. Bush

This president's dentures were rumored to be made of wood, but were actually made from elephant ivory and hippopotamus tusks.

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

This heroic president, towed a drowning man to safety using only his teeth.

• Kennedy

• Lincoln

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Eisenhower

This president was the first to set up a private dentist office in the basement of the White House.

• Herbert Hoover

• Ronald Reagan

• James K. Polk

• Bill Clinton

This early president loved sweets, belieed that throwing up cured many illnesses, and refused to wear dentures.

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

Although he was never president, this founding father was a practicing dentist (among other things)

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Paine

This president lost his teeth early due to having smallpox as a child and being treated with mercury (which eroded his teeth).

• John Q. Adams

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• James Polk

How old do you have to be to run for president? 

• 35
• 18
• 21
• 20

Which President held his daughter's High School prom in the White House?

• John Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter

Who was the first President born in a hospital?

• John Kenndedy
• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter