‘Congress set January 7, 1789 as the date by which states were
required to choose electors for the country’s first-ever presidential election. A month later, on February 4, George Washington was
elected president by state electors and sworn into office on April
30, 1789.
Interesting footnote…George Washington had to borrow money
to travel to his first inauguration.
George Washington’s Inauguration on the balcony of Federal
Hall. (Painting by Ramon de Elorriaga, 1899)
Federal Hall in New York City
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