Presidency of George Washington

The Washington Cabinet
Office	Name	Term
President	George Washington	1789–1797
Vice President	John Adams	1789–1797
Secretary of State	Thomas Jefferson	1790–1793
	Edmund Randolph	1794–1795
	Timothy Pickering	1795–1797
Secretary of Treasury	Alexander Hamilton	1789–1795
	Oliver Wolcott, Jr.	1795–1797
Secretary of War	Henry Knox	1789–1794
	Timothy Pickering	1794–1795
	James McHenry	1796–1797
Attorney General	Edmund Randolph	1789–1794
	William Bradford	1794–1795
	Charles Lee	1795–1797

Supreme Court Appointments by President George Washington
Position	Name	Term
Chief Justice	John Jay	1789–1795 (resigned)
	John Rutledge	1795–1796 (recess)
	William Cushing	1796 (declined)
	Oliver Ellsworth	1796–1800 (resigned)
Associate Justice	James Wilson	1789–1798
	William Cushing	1789–1810
	John Blair	1789–1795
	Robert H. Harrison	1789 (declined)
	John Rutledge	1789–1791
	James Iredell	1790–1799
	Thomas Johnson	1792–1793
	William Paterson	1793–1806
	Samuel Chase	1796–1811

The presidency of George Washington, began on April 30, 1789, when George Washington was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797. Washington, the first United States president, took office after the 1788–89 presidential election, the nation's first quadrennial presidential election, in which he was elected unanimously.

As specified by the newly ratified Constitution, the President was chosen by the Electoral College. In this election, the method for selecting electors was decided by each state legislature–by public vote in some states and by legislative selection in others. Each elector was given two votes to cast for President. Washington received the support of every one of the electors, each of whom cast one of the two ballots for him. John Adams, who received 34 votes, was the runner-up and was thus named vice president. Washington was re–elected as President, again unanimously, in 1792. In 1796, he refused to run for a third term, establishing the customary policy of a maximum of two terms for a president, which later became law by the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.

Washington reluctantly accepted the presidency, and he never enjoyed being President. Nonetheless, he proved an able administrator. An excellent delegator and judge of talent and character, he held regular cabinet meetings to debate issues before making a final decision. In handling routine tasks, he was "systematic, orderly, energetic, solicitous of the opinion of others but decisive, intent upon general goals and the consistency of particular actions with them." His leadership guaranteed the survival of the United States as a powerful and independent nation, and set the standard for future presidents.

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