Legacy George Washington established the title, President, and outlined the capacities of the office through his example. Washington started the tradition of the inaugural address as well as the ...

“[George] Washington had no place within his administration ... Abraham Lincoln chose for his cabinet very capable individuals who were his rivals for the Republican nomination to be president ...

Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ... tradition of the inaugural address and the cabinet system, neither prescribed by the ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington ... invariably created. Part of Washington's Military "Family" From his youth, Hamilton had sought ...