John Adams won in 1796 and became the president when Washington left office in 1797.
John Adams won this election and Thomas Jefferson by finishing second became the vice-president.
George Washington set this precedent which was observed until Franklin Roosevelt decided to run for a third term in 1940.
Washington had no meaningful opposition. He won all the electoral votes, twice.
The election was held in 1788 and 1789. Washington took office in April 30, 1789.
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Next election is in 2016
He decided not to run for re-election because he said he wanted to only work at getting the troops out of Vietnam
because they can help the way that they decided how to run the country
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The Washingtons did not have a happy marriage, so Martha encouraged George to run again. She felt it would help him have purpose in life and get him out of the house. When he decided to not run again, she tried to persuade him to run anyhow, and asked his good friend Thomas Paine to try to talk him into it.
in 1772