Washington Administration (apr 30, 1789 – mar 4, 1797)
Description:
President: George Washington
Number: 1
Party: None (sometimes considered to be Federalist)
Home State: Virginia
Vice President: John Adams (F)
Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton (F)
Prior Occupations:
VA Burgess (1761-1776)
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775-1783)
Congress Majority Parties (Senate / House):
1st Congress: Federalist / Federalist
2nd Congress: Federalist / Federalist
3rd Congress: Federalist / Democratic-Republican
4th Congress: Federalist / Democratic-Republican
Chief Justice: John Jay (1789 - 1795)
John Rutledge (1795)
Oliver Ellsworth (1796 - 1797)
Notable Qualities: First president
First president to be re-elected
Only president to be elected unanimously (and did so twice)
First independent president
Administration with the most chief justices
Established many traditions, such as the two-term limit, a presidential cabinet, and multiple Supreme Court justices
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