Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

George was the eldest son of Augustine ... These resulted in a constitution and a new role for Washington—not king, but president of the still fractious and embryonic United States.

“George Washington showed us presidents are not kings ... Washington, urged by some of his troops in 1782 to adopt the title ...