Inauguration of George Washington

Name: Inauguration of George Washington
Start: 1789
Location: New York

1789 · New York · Americas · Politics

America's first president had one tooth of his own left

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On 30 April 1789 Washington took the oath as first US president in New York. By then he had a single tooth of his own left; his dentures were made of hippopotamus ivory, metal and human teeth — never wood.

State: United States of America

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George Washington's false teeth were not wooden. They were made of hippopotamus ivory, metal and human teeth; by his inauguration he had just one tooth of his own left. Share →

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