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Washington makes clear at the outset that he is not running for a third term, and then thanks his fellow citizens for the opportunity to serve as their president. [288] He then writes about the preservation of the Union, the core of American nationhood and which, along with the Constitution, binds all Americans together and provides for the ...
[5] [6] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises from two individuals elected to non-consecutive terms: Grover Cleveland is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, while Donald Trump is counted as the 45th and 47th president. [7] [8]
Roosevelt is the only American president to have served more than two terms. Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower —have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a ...
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] [a] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire.
George Washington stood for public office five times, serving two terms in the Virginia House of Burgesses and two terms as President of the United States. He is the only independent elected as U.S. president and the only person unanimously elected to that office. George Washington, c. 1803
He served from November 3, 1781 to November 5, 1782. He and that first congress operated under the original articles of confederation shortly after the 13 Colonies declared their independence from ...
Additionally, Washington nominated Robert H. Harrison, who declined to serve, [3] [4] and nominated William Cushing for elevation to Chief Justice, [5] who likewise declined. [ Note 1 ] Since there were no sitting justices at the beginning of Washington's term, he had the unique opportunity to fill the entire body of United States federal ...
George H.W. Bush. Before: $4 million After: $23 million The elder Bush had grown his net worth by 475% between the time he took office in 1989 and 2017, when The American University study was ...