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The United States presidential election of 1789 was the first presidential election in the United States of America, and was the only one to not take place in an even numbered year. The election took place following the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. The polls opened on December 15, 1788, and closed on January 10, 1789. In this election, George Washington was elected for the first of his two terms as President of the United States, and John Adams became the first Vice President of the United States.
Before this election, the United States had no chief executive. Under the previous system-the Articles of Confederation-the national government was headed by theConfederation Congress, which had a ceremonial presiding officer and several executive departments, but no independent executive branch.
In this election, the enormously popular Washington essentially ran unopposed. The only real issue to be decided was who would be chosen as vice president. Under thesystem then in place, each elector cast two votes; if a person received a vote from a majority of the electors, that person became president, and the runner-up became vice president. All 69 electors cast one vote for Washington. Their other votes were divided among eleven other candidates; John Adams received the most, becoming vice president. The Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, would change this procedure, requiring each elector to cast distinct votes for president and vice president.
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∙ 13y agoGeorge Washington , the first president, was elected in November, 1788. He took office the following March.
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∙ 12y agothe first president was in office from 1789 - 1797 so George Washington was in office for 2 years
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∙ 15y ago1789 was the year that the first president (George Washington) was elected. He would also be re-elected in 1792.
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∙ 15y agoGeorge Washington, the first United States President, took office on April 30, 1789.
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∙ 15y agoIn 1789 the first president General Gearge Washinton was elected president and John Adams was elected vice peresident
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∙ 11y ago1788 was the year of the first presidential election in the US under the US Constitution.
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Who was the oldest man elected president of the US and the first person to die while holding office?
1. Ronald Reagan was the oldest man to be elected President. He was 73 his second term. 2. William Henry Harrison was the first to die in office. He died in 1841 after a month in office.
Who was the only nont elested us president?
The only president who took office but was not elected was Gerald Ford. He was also never elected as vice president either but was appointed to both offices.
This president put an end to the war in Korea He was elected in 1952 and was the first Republican elected as President of the US since 1928?
?? I believe it was President Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was Nixon the first and only US President to do?
Nixon was the first and only president to resign from office.
What year was lincoln elected president of the us?
He was elected in 1860, sworn into office in Spring of 1861. He was re-elected in 1864, sworn in to office in March of 1865. The Civil War ended the following month on April 9, 1865, Lincoln was shot on the evening of April 14, 1865.
Was Eisenhower a governor?
No. His first elected position was President of the US. He did not seek an elected office after that.
What president wasn't elected?
Gerald Ford is the US President elected neither to the office of President or Vice-President.
Why is the inauguration of the new president of the US a historic one?
He is the first African-American to be elected into office.
Who was elected for US President in the year 1789?
George Washington took office as the first US President in 1788. !789 was not an election year.
Who was elected the first US President to take office in the new millennium?
George W. Bush was the first president to take office in the New Millenium
Where did Abraham Lincoln first take office?
The first elected office Lincoln held was as a member of the Illinois General Assembly. Thereafter, he served a term as a member of US House of Representatives. He was later elected in 1860 as President of the US.
Who was the president of the US elected in 1933?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for President in 1932 and took office in '33.
Which US president was never elected to office?
Gerald Ford
What elected office does Barack Obama hold?
US President.
How did Benjamin Harrison took office?
He was elected President of the US.
Who was the oldest man elected president of the US and the first person to die while holding office?
1. Ronald Reagan was the oldest man to be elected President. He was 73 his second term. 2. William Henry Harrison was the first to die in office. He died in 1841 after a month in office.
Can a former US president run for office of VP of US?
Yes a former US President can run for office of Vice President of the United States. A former US President can run and be elected for any other type of office.
