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The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government (2016) Bowling, Kenneth R. Politics in the first Congress, 1789–1791 (Taylor & Francis, 1990) Christman, Margaret C.S. The first federal congress, 1789–1791 (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1989.) Currie, David P.
On September 13, 1788, the Confederation Congress set the date for choosing the new electors in the Electoral College that was set up for choosing a President as January 7, 1789, the date for the Electors to vote for the President as on February 4, 1789, and the date for the Constitution to become operative as March 4, 1789, when the new ...
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government (2016) on 1789–91. Brown; Stuart Gerry. The First Republicans: Political Philosophy and Public Policy in the Party of Jefferson and Madison Syracuse University Press. Archived November 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States. (Residence Act) Sess. 2, ch. 28 1 Stat. 130: 25: July 20, 1790: Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchant Service. An Act for the government and regulation of Seamen in the merchants service. Sess. 2, ch. 29 1 Stat. 131: 26: July 20, 1790
The Continental Congress refers to both the First and Second Congresses of 1774–1781 and at the time, also described the Congress of the Confederation of 1781–1789. The Confederation Congress operated as the first federal government until being replaced following ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government. New York: Simon & Schuster. Brands, H. W. (2018). Heirs of the Founders: Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants. New York: Doubleday. Cogliano, Francis D. (2014).
Actual political parties did not yet exist, but new members of Congress were informally categorized as either "pro-Administration" (i.e., pro-Washington and pro-Hamilton) or "anti-Administration". The first session of the first House of Representatives came to order in Federal Hall, New York City on March 4, 1789, with only thirteen members ...
George Washington, widely viewed as the first president, was elected into office in 1789 after leading the Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War.