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American
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George Washington |
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G Washington
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Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
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H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
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Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
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Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
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Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
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Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
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R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
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TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
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The Early Presidents
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Presidencies
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President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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President George Washington
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George
Washington becomes the first President of the United States
of America. He was elected by a unanimous vote of presidential
electors of the new government.
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Vice |
John Adams was Vice President to George
Washington for both terms. |
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First Lady |
Martha
(Dandridge Custis) Washington was Washington's wife and the
first "first lady". They had 2 children. |
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George Washington was
from the State of
Virginia.
As no parties existed in the beginning George Washington would
eventually become a member of the Federalist Party.
George Washington received a unanimous popular vote. The only
president with that distinction. That followed with his
receiving a unanimous electoral vote as well.
Washington establishes the cabinet and the two-year term. |
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George Washington is
inaugurated on April 30th, 1789, at Federal Hall on Wall Street
in
New York, as
the first president of the United States. Washington adds to the
oath "So help me, God." That phrase has become an unofficial
part of the oath having been added by every President to date.
President Washington begins his Inaugural Address to both Houses
of Congress with, "It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in
this first official act, my fervent supplications to that
Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the
councils of nations and whose providential aids can supply every
human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the
liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a
Government instituted by themselves for these essential
purposes; and may enable every instrument employed in its
administration to execute with success, the functions allotted
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"To be prepared for
war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." -
President George Washington, January 8, 1790.
"As the sword was the last resort for the preservation of our
liberties, so it ought to be the first to be laid aside when
those liberties are firmly established." - President George
Washington.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force!
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -
President George Washington. |
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Act |
Congress enacts a law
that places the president pro tempore and the Speaker in the
line of succession for the presidency.
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1793 |
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President George Washington begins his second term as
president serving until 1797.
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Vice |
John Adams is again Vice
President. |
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President Washington,
in 1794, ordered 15,000 troops to
Pennsylvania
to put down the first challenge to federal authority.
Negotiations brought about a compromise that averted the need
for force. |
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Oath |
Not quite an
inaugural address but comments prior to Washington taking the
oath of office in Philadelphia, include the following excerpt.
"I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute
the functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper
for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense
I entertain of this distinguished honor, and of the confidence
which has been reposed in me by the people of united America." -
President George Washington, comment prior to his second oath of
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"But if we are to be
told by a foreign Power ... what we shall do, and what we shall
not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended
hitherto for very little." - President George Washington, letter
to Alexander Hamilton, May 8, 1796.
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid
growth." - President George Washington.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force!
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
- President George Washington. |
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Birth Death |
George Washington was
born in Westmoreland County,
Virginia on
February 22, 1732
Washington Died at Mount Vernon,
Virginia on
December 14, 1799 |
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Executive Jumps -
G Washington
- J Adams -
T
Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
A
Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
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Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
H
Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
- BH Obama -
- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
-
The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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