He was the first President under the new Constitution, the only one to be elected by unanimous vote of the electoral college. Under ther previous Articles of Confederation, therte was no president or any type of chief executive.
George Washington didn't have any major opponents when he ran for president. The race was really about who would be the Vice President.
He didnt really want to be president. He was a farmer that became general or the army and for his great battles and reputaion, the country CHOSE him. They wanted to make him king, but he turned it down and imposed the idea of a "president."
Yes. When Washington ran for president, there were no true political parties. They began to be formed by 1796 although they were not really national parties. Washington thought they were dangerous to democratic elections and said so in his farewell address.
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He became president in 1789. He really didn't "run" for it. The men who became president didn't have a popular vote in the 17-1800's. They were elected by Congress. The man with the most votes was president and the runner up in votes became VP. In 1789 no one could think of anyone else for the job but Washington .
George Washington
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the first President of the United States was George Washignton. but many people do not know that there was really 7 or 8 other presidents before the declaration and totally unity of the states.
George Washington didn't have any major opponents when he ran for president. The race was really about who would be the Vice President.
its really john hanson but every on says its George Washington
George Washington was no doubt more successful as president, but John Adams really did not have much of a chance to better Washington. Washington was hard to top.
No. In fact he never really wanted to be the president but was convinced by fellow patriots it was his duty to do so.
He was the 1st president of the United States.
Washington really was the father of the US in many ways- he was a leader in the rebellion from Britain, commanded the winning army, served as president of the constitutional convention and was elected without opposition to be the first president of the country.
Because when George Wahsington was in school he never really payed attention in class but he realized when he got picked for president it really did because you have to learn to get a good reputation for school.
He retired, well not really. His 2nd term was up. That happened March 4, 1797.
He was the first U.S congresesional president. He didn't even really want to do it but he did it for the country