"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” That famous description of George ... the candidacy, Washington is unanimously elected as the first president of ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. About less than 1.3% of the population, at the time, voted in the election of 1788-89. Challenges Because he was ...

U.S. law designates this holiday "Washington’s Birthday" in honor of the nation’s first president, George Washington. And, contrary to its formal declaration more than 50 years ago ...

White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

Washington state was named in honor of the first president when ... that we were celebrating George Washington’s birthday here in February for the vast majority of our country’s history ...

George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of our country.” Yet as we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who he ...

Before they go too far trying to run the government like a business, Trump and his advisors may want to consider the very ...

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 ... of its Commander in Chief and future first President, a truly remarkable find and an evocative piece of our national history,” Nathan Raab ...