Washington brought the book home to Mount Vernon after retiring from the presidency in March Since leaving the hands of the Washington family in , it has been treasured and preserved by several noted private collectors.
The book now resides within The Fred W. Learn about the vital role that Washington played during our founding. Learn more about George Washington's annotated copy of The Acts of Congress - one of the prized holdings in our Library collection.
Did you know that President Washington never lived in Washington D. Learn more about how George Washington shaped the role and function of the President of the United States.
Unanimously elected twice, President George Washington helped shape the office's future role and powers, as well as set both formal and informal precedents for future presidents.
As the first, Washington had to create the American presidency from scratch George Washington, as the first president, was well aware of the great responsibility of defining the American presidency.
Washington's presidential campaign cost zero dollars-- because he did absolutely no public campaigning Presidential candidates of the 21st century spend millions of dollars winning the endorsements of their parties and mounting nationwide campaigns.
Washington's imperfect election 3. Washington did not really want to be president After winning the Revolutionary War and helping set up the new government for his country at the Constitutional Convention , George Washington's thoughts turned away from battlefields and assembly halls to a much more modest arena-- his home at his Mount Vernon estate -- and the opportunity of "living and dying a private citizen on my own farm.
Old age 2. Washington's "encreasing fondness for agricultural amusements" 3. Belief that the Anti-Federalists may oppose his selection 5. After having already retired in , Washington feared he would be looked upon as inconsistent, rash, and ambitious if he returned to office 6. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia.
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How do I update a page? Election results. Privacy policy About Ballotpedia Disclaimers Login. George Washington Incumbent. Total Votes. George Washington. President of the United States - Succeeded by John Adams Federalist. He survived, although the illness left him with permanent facial scars. In December , Washington, who had no previous military experience, was made a commander of the Virginia militia.
By , Washington had resigned his commission, returned to Mount Vernon and was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served until In January , he married Martha Dandridge Custis , a wealthy widow with two children. Washington became a devoted stepfather to her children; he and Martha Washington never had any offspring of their own.
In the ensuing years, Washington expanded Mount Vernon from 2, acres into an 8,acre property with five farms. He grew a variety of crops, including wheat and corn, bred mules and maintained fruit orchards and a successful fishery. He was deeply interested in farming and continually experimented with new crops and methods of land conservation.
By the late s, Washington had experienced firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed on American colonists by the British, and came to believe that it was in the best interests of the colonists to declare independence from England.
Washington served as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in in Philadelphia. By the time the Second Continental Congress convened a year later, the American Revolution had begun in earnest, and Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Washington proved to be a better general than military strategist. His strength lay not in his genius on the battlefield but in his ability to keep the struggling colonial army together.
His troops were poorly trained and lacked food, ammunition and other supplies soldiers sometimes even went without shoes in winter. However, Washington was able to give them the direction and motivation. His leadership during the winter of at Valley Forge was a testament to his power to inspire his men to keep going. Over the course of the grueling eight-year war, the colonial forces won few battles but consistently held their own against the British.
In October , with the aid of the French who allied themselves with the colonists over their rivals the British , the Continental forces were able to capture British troops under General Charles Cornwallis in the Battle of Yorktown.
This action effectively ended the Revolutionary War and Washington was declared a national hero. However, in , he was asked to attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and head the committee to draft the new constitution. At first Washington balked. He wanted to, at last, return to a quiet life at home and leave governing the new nation to others. But public opinion was so strong that eventually he gave in. July 16, Establishing the capital. August 4, Revolutionary War debts.
December 6, December 13, Creating a national bank. November 4, December 15, Ratifying the Bill of Rights. January 12, Appointing Thomas Pinckney. October 13, The President's mansion. The cornerstone for the President's mansion is laid in Washington D. December 1, April 22, Proclaiming neutrality. May 18, Receiving french envoy. October 1, Straining relations with Britain. December 31, March 1, April 16, Special envoy to Britain.
July 1, Farmers' rebellion. August 20, Battle of Fallen Timbers. November 19, America's forgotten founding father. January 31, June 24, Ratifying the Jay Treaty. October 27, November 1, Tension concerning Jay Treaty.
June 1, Tennessee becomes a state. September 19, Washington says farewell. January 1, March 4,
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