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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

First US Presidential Election Jan 07,1789

On Jan 07, 1789, America's first presidential election was held

Voters cast ballots to choose state electors; only white men who owned property were allowed to vote George Washinton won the election and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789

John Adams  (1735-1826), who received the second-largest number of votes, became the nation’s first vice president

George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797.

During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero.

In 1787, he was elected president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution. Two years later, Washington became America’s first president.

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