On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the ... the president-elect traveled from his temporary lodging at Franklin House — which would soon become the first ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since ...

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.

When Joe Biden became president, his allies and loyalists began describing him as the political reincarnation of Franklin D .

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...