A majority of the Electors in the Electoral College
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Gerald Ford was not elected as Vice-President or President. He became both under the provisions of the XXV Amendment to the US Constitution.
Yes, Washington was the first President elected under the US Constitution .
The first elected president of the US under the constitution was George Washington. He got 69 electoral votes, carried ten states and got a popular vote of 43, 782 and became president on January 10, 1789.
Under the new constitution, it was the Electoral College that was designed to choose the new president. George Washington served as president from 1789 to 1797.
This power is granted by the US Constitution. The writers wanted all military forces to be under the civilian control of the elected President.
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Electors from the states.
Washington was the first president elected under the new Constitution whose ratification created the new nation of the United States of America in1787.
No. Washington was the commander in chief of the Colonial Army until the War ended ,the new constitution was ratified and United States came into being. He was the first President elected under the new Constitution.
The first President of the United States of America under the US Constitution was George Washington (1732-1799), who was elected in 1789 and took the oath of office on April 30, 1789. Washington was re-elected in 1792 and served as President until March 4, 1797.