He did not resign the Presidency, but declined to accept a third term
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He did not want to stress from being president. So what he did was relax and spend time with family.
The cotton gin was patented in 1794 by Eli Whitney while Washington was President.
Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee were added to the union while Washington was President. There was no territorial expansion.
Retiring from presidency, he returned to mount vernon in 1797 and devoted time to farming and distilling and became his new country's largest distiller of whiskey. You can now visit his restored distillery near Mount Vernon.
Neither president bush resigned. Before George H W Bush was Ronald Reagan. Then Bill Clinton was president followed by George W Bush.
Several of them resigned over the eight years that Washington was president. Edmund Jennings Randolph was forced to resign as secretary of state amid charges of corruption which proved unfounded. Jefferson and Hamilton disagreed on many principles and both resigned eventually.