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April 2 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. April 5 – United States President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States. May 10 – Union Bank is founded in Boston.
A map of the United States showing land claims and cessions from 1782 to 1802. ... and Kentucky was separated from Virginia and made into a new state in 1792.
In 1792, presidential elections were still conducted according to the original method established under the U.S. Constitution. Under this system, each elector cast two votes: the candidate who received the greatest number of votes (so long as they won a majority) became president, while the runner-up became vice president.
The 1792 United States elections elected the members of the 3rd United States Congress.Congress was broadly divided between a Pro-Administration faction supporting the policies of George Washington's administration and an Anti-Administration faction opposed to those policies.
The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [365] [373] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...
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The cornerstone of the White House was laid under the supervision of President George Washington on this day in history, Oct. 13, 1792. John Adams was first president to live there.
1791 – First Bank of the United States chartered; 1791 – Vermont becomes the 14th state [2] (formerly the independent Vermont Republic) 1792 – Kentucky becomes the 15th state [3] (formerly Kentucky County, Virginia) 1792 – U.S. presidential election, 1792: George Washington reelected president, John Adams reelected vice president