The excerpt below sheds light on the president’s state of mind as the first Inauguration Day approached. The Congressional delay in certifying George Washington’s election as president only ...

The film narrates the story of George Washington, the first president of the United States, highlighting his early life, military leadership during the American Revolution, and his role in ...

George Washington wore many hats ... When Washington was elected president — first in 1789 and again in 1792 — his family didn't live in the White House. It wasn't completed until after ...

Thus George Washington, at age 16 ... The other delegates knew he would be the new republic's first elected President. Many delegates, particularly those from the south, hated the idea of the ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... Washington is unanimously elected as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. He serves two terms but refuses ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

This month makes 234 years since our nation's first president came to town. Although Wilmington has been visited by more than ...