On February 4, 1789, the 69 members of the Electoral College made George ... speech, Washington spent a ridiculous amount of time defending his decision to become president, as if he stood accused ...

Like his fellow Virginians in the House of Burgesses, Washington became increasingly disillusioned with George ... did most of his landed countrymen, that the British would be reasonable. By 1774 ...

Thus George Washington ... As President he also stayed as much as possible apart from partisan politic, something we can hardly imagine now. Early on the job, when everything he did set a ...

George Washington was the first president of the US. He's widely-regarded as the father of the country. Here's a look at the typical schedule he stuck to when he was at his Mount Vernon plantation.

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led ... that defined the presidency. He did not attend congressional ...

George Washington wore many hats. He was a solider, farmer, brewer, entrepreneur, and visionary. He also had a lot of money, and is thought to have been the richest US president, with an estimated ...

Just months after he died in 1943, the George Washington ... dedicated, it became the first monument dedicated to an African American and the first to a non-president. The Carver described the ...

George Washington ... who was President of the University from 1774 to 1780; this document still stands on the records of the Corporation. Washington kept no diary during the year 1776, and ...