Congress nominated George Washington as the first President of the United States of America.
John Adams nominated George Washington as president from the body of Congress at the Constitutional Convention.The Electoral College
The Electora College
John Adams nominated George Washington for president. The Electoral College voted him into the office. He was the first President of the US.
The electoral College
He was asked to be the first president by Congress. The United States didn't elect people as we do today. Our founding fathers felt that the population in general was not educated enough to vote so the three branches were elected by Congress.
George Washington was the president at the convention.
In February 2009,president Obama nominated Gary Locke,the former governor of Washington State,for secretary of commerce.A few months later,the president nominated Jon Huntsman for ambassador to China.In May,president Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court judge.In June,the president nominated John M.McHugh for secretary of the army.
George Washington was most definitely the first President of the United States.
The President. George Washington, nominated and the Senate confirmed John Jay, first Chief Justice.
George Washington nominated ten justices- no too surprising since there were no justices when he became president.
For one thing he did not have to campaign to get nominated or elected. He was almost everyone's first choice for President.
Harold Washington was never President of the United States. In 1948, he was elected president of the student body at Roosevelt College. In 1984, he ran for President of the United States, as a platform to advance his political views, but he was not nominated. Harold Washington served as a member of the Illinois state legislature (in the House and later in the Senate), as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as mayor of Chicago.