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 ...

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 ...

George Washington is dead. We know this because his remains are entombed at Mount Vernon. He passed on Dec. 14, 1799. It has been over 200 years since his death.

“[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 ...