presidency of George Washington

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The presidency of George Washington refers to the foundational first administration of the United States (1789–1797), during which Washington established many key precedents for the executive branch and the new federal government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
presidency ⓘ
appointedOfficeholder Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
Edmund Randolph as Attorney General ⓘ
Henry Knox as Secretary of War ⓘ
John Jay as Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
linked to: John Jay

Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State ⓘ
capitalDuringTerm New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
concludingEvent second inauguration of John Adams ⓘ
conflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
Whiskey Rebellion ⓘ
constitutionalContext United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
election 1788–89 United States presidential election ⓘ
1792 United States presidential election ⓘ
endTime 1797-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy presidency of John Adams ⓘ
follows ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
headOfGovernment George Washington ⓘ
historicalSignificance defined early U.S. foreign policy of neutrality ⓘ
established key precedents for the U.S. executive branch ⓘ
helped stabilize the new federal government ⓘ
inceptionEvent first inauguration of George Washington ⓘ
legislature 1st United States Congress ⓘ
2nd United States Congress ⓘ
3rd United States Congress ⓘ
4th United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
majorDomesticIssue Jay Treaty controversy ⓘ
Residence Act and selection of the District of Columbia ⓘ
Whiskey Rebellion ⓘ
assumption of state debts ⓘ
creation of the Bank of the United States ⓘ
emergence of the first party system ⓘ
establishment of the federal judiciary ⓘ
federal excise tax on whiskey ⓘ
majorForeignPolicyIssue French Revolution ⓘ
Jay Treaty with Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Jay Treaty

Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 ⓘ
Pinckney's Treaty with Spain ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty

relations with Native American nations in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
majorLegislation Bank Act of 1791 ⓘ
Jay Treaty ratification resolution ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
Militia Acts of 1792 ⓘ
Naval Act of 1794 ⓘ
Residence Act of 1790 ⓘ
linked to: Residence Act

Tariff Act of 1789 ⓘ
numberInOffice 1 ⓘ
office President of the United States ⓘ
politicalPartiesEmerging Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
positionHeldBy George Washington ⓘ
precedentEstablished peaceful transfer of power ⓘ
presidential neutrality in foreign wars ⓘ
title "Mr. President" for the chief executive ⓘ
two-term tradition for U.S. presidents ⓘ
use of a Cabinet of department heads ⓘ
significantDocument Farewell Address ⓘ
startTime 1789-04-30 ⓘ
vicePresident John Adams ⓘ

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Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center → hasSubject → presidency of George Washington ⓘ
American Presidency Project → coverageStart → George Washington presidency ⓘ
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Presidency of John Adams → precededBy → Presidency of George Washington ⓘ
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Department of Foreign Affairs → parentOrganization → Presidency of George Washington ⓘ
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Anti-Administration Party → opposed → George Washington administration ⓘ
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Nicholas Eveleigh → servedUnder → George Washington administration ⓘ
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first inauguration of George Washington → partOf → presidency of George Washington ⓘ
Washington: A Life → subject → Presidency of George Washington ⓘ
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Forrest McDonald → authorOf → The Presidency of George Washington ⓘ
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papers and correspondence of George Washington → coversAspect → Presidency of George Washington ⓘ
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George Washington letter on religious liberty → politicalContext → Presidency of George Washington ⓘ
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