George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

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The first inaugurations in U.S. history didn't happen in Washington, D.C. President George Washington was sworn in for his first term on April 27, 1789, on a balcony of Federal Hall in New York ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

From left to right: Henry Knox, Thomas Jefferson, Edmond Randolph, Alexander Hamilton, and President George Washington. (Getty Images) The president was originally a secondary figure in government ...

George Washington sought oaths of loyalty to address this problem. He wrote to John Hancock, president of Congress, in February 1777, to “strongly recommend every State to fix upon some Oath or ...