The journey of this particular copy from Thomson's signature to its ... includes a letter from George Washington urging the states to ratify the Constitution. Washington's letter acknowledged ...

Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under the tenuous circumstances of an untested federal government. The newly established ...

What happened to the document up for auction Thursday between Thomson’s signature ... with the Constitution on the broad sheet printed front and back is a letter from George Washington asking ...

Challenges Because he was America’s first president, George Washington essentially created the presidency. For example, although the Constitution explained government roles and some limitations, no ...

the 69 members of the Electoral College made George Washington the only chief executive to be unanimously elected. Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Editor’s note: Even as the Constitution was ...

Our constitution is a framework of laws of governance which ... it has no power whatsoever. The following is from George Washington’s Farewell address: “Towards the preservation of your government…it ...

That famous description of George Washington ... seeking the candidacy, Washington is unanimously elected as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. He serves two terms ...