Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1790 State of the Union Address was the inaugural State of the Union address, delivered by President George Washington to the United States Congress on January 8, 1790, at the Senate Chamber of Federal Hall in New York City. [2] In this first address, Washington set the example for what would be expected of presidents after him.
A 1796 portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. The thought of the United States without George Washington as its president caused concern among many Americans. Thomas Jefferson disagreed with many of Washington's policies and later led the Democratic-Republicans in opposition to many Federalist policies, but he joined his political rival Alexander Hamilton, leader of the Federalists ...
The 1794 State of the Union Address was delivered by the first president of the United States, George Washington, to a joint session of the 3rd United States Congress on November 19, 1794. The speech came in the aftermath of the Whiskey Rebellion, an armed insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania against the federal excise tax on ...
Afterwards, Livingston shouted "Long live George Washington, President of the United States!" [15] to the crowd, which was replied to with cheers and a 13-gun salute. [16] The first inaugural address was subsequently delivered by Washington in the Senate chamber, [7] running 1,419 words in length. [11]
In his 1796 farewell address, George Washington encouraged Americans to "observe good faith and justice toward all nations" and "cultivate peace and harmony with all." ... — Barack Obama ...
Pages in category "Speeches by George Washington" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The presidential oath of office was administered to George Washington by Associate Justice William Cushing. This was the first inauguration to take place in Philadelphia ( then the nation's capital ), and took place exactly four years after the new federal government began operations under the U.S. Constitution .
Sylvester Stallone has described Donald Trump as the “second George Washington” in a warm-up speech for the President-elect at Mar-a-Lago.