The 1st President of the United States was George Washington. President Washington was in office from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797.
George Washington was elected president of the United States in 1789 and again in 1792. His first election spanned the period from November, 1788 to early 1789, and Congress officially certified the electoral vote on April 6, 1789.
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He was elected president in 1789.
There was no president before 1789 and Washington, so no one was "elected". We had an English king.
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.
George Washington took office as the first US President in 1788. !789 was not an election year.
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No U. S. President was elected before 1789.
The elected first president of the United States in 1789 was George Washington.
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He was elected in 1789 and again in 1792.
The picture on the US $1.00 coin is of George Washington, the first president of the United States. He was elected as the president and served from 1789 to 1797. However, he was not elected as the vice president at any point in his political career.