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In 1789, the first presidential election, George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States. With 69 electoral votes, Washington won the support of each participating elector. No other president since has come into office with a universal mandate to lead.
United States presidential election of 1789 was an American presidential election held on February 4, 1789, in which George Washington was unanimously chosen as the first president of the United States.
The first U.S. presidential election was held over a period of weeks from December 1788 to January 1789. Washington was elected with 69 of the 69 first-round votes cast in the United States Electoral College .
The election took place following the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. In this election, George Washington was elected for the first of his two terms as President of the United States, and John Adams became the first Vice President of the United States.
George Washington, a widely respected military leader and statesman, was elected as the nation’s first President without significant opposition. This election set important precedents, establishing the peaceful transfer of power and the framework for future presidential elections.
It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Wednesday, January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified that same year. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president.
In the first election, George Washington was the clear and overwhelmingly favored candidate for president. Washington had led the Continental Army during the American Revolution and had earned a reputation for his leadership, humility, and dedication to the new nation.
On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president. The path to the presidency, and the task of leading a new nation, was uncharted territory for which there was no precedent.
George Washington First President Election. In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States, unanimously elected to the office and enjoying wide support from both politicians and the public alike.
Congress sets January 7, 1789 as the date by which states are required to choose electors for the country's first-ever presidential election. A month later, on February 4, George Washington...
George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, is unanimously elected the first president of the United States by all 69 presidential electors who cast...
Although Washington did no campaigning of any sort, all 69 delegates voted for him. To this day, he remains the only president to win the Electoral College unanimously, a feat he repeated in...
In the spring of 1789, George Washington won the first ever election to the U.S. presidency unanimously, meaning that electors from every participating state cast at least one of their votes for him.
On April 14, Washington received official confirmation from Congress that he had been elected the first President of the United States. While unsurprised at the outcome, Washington approached his inauguration with dread.
It was held from Friday, November 2, to Wednesday, December 5, 1792. Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college, while John Adams was re-elected as vice president.
United States presidential election of 1792 was an American presidential election held in 1792, in which George Washington unanimously won a second term as president of the United States.
George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to...
Congress confirmed the results of the first presidential election (see below) when it officially counted the ballots on 6 April 1789. Vice President John Adams assumed his duties as president of the Senate on 21 April and George Washington was inaugurated as President of the United States on 30 April 1789.
Although not required by the Constitution, George Washington presented the first Presidential inaugural address on April 30, 1789. On April 16, 1789, two days after receiving official notification of his election, George Washington left his home on the Potomac for New York.
Thus, the first president, George Washington, was elected as an independent. Since the emergence of the American two-party system, and the election of Washington's successor, John Adams, in 1796, all winners of U.S. presidential elections have represented one of two major parties.
(Washington would later serve as the first president of the Society of the Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary War veterans.)
George Washington’s Virginia home closes to the public next month. You only have a few weeks to plan a visit before the first president’s mansion shuts down for a major construction...
More than 300,000 Georgians cast a ballot Tuesday for the November election, the first day of early voting, doubling the state’s day-one record. On Wednesday, there were no signs that the pace...