WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST GEORGE WASHINGTON IN OUR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
He was elected un-opposed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/u.s._presid… Washington first gained prominence as an officer during the French and Indian War, as a leader of colonial militia supporting the British Empire. After leading the American victory in the Revolutionary War, he refused to lead a military regime, returning to civilian life at Mount Vernon. In 1787 he presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the current U.S. Constitution, and in 1789 was the unanimous choice to become the first President of the United States. His two-term Washington Administration set many policies and traditions that survive today. After his second term expired, Washington again voluntarily relinquished power, thereby establishing an important precedent that was to serve as an example for other future republics. ibanfukanov is partially right but here is the excerpt from wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/u.s._presid…
He was elected un-opposed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presid… Washington first gained prominence as an officer during the French and Indian War, as a leader of colonial militia supporting the British Empire. After leading the American victory in the Revolutionary War, he refused to lead a military regime, returning to civilian life at Mount Vernon. In 1787 he presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the current U.S. Constitution, and in 1789 was the unanimous choice to become the first President of the United States. His two-term Washington Administration set many policies and traditions that survive today. After his second term expired, Washington again voluntarily relinquished power, thereby establishing an important precedent that was to serve as an example for other future republics. ibanfukanov is partially right but here is the excerpt from wiki –
