The Governor John Langdon's Georgian mansion
The Governor John Langdon House, also known as Governor John Langdon Mansion, is a historic mansion house at 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
Presidency of George Washington | Wikipedia audio article
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Presidency of George Washington
00:03:32 1 Election of 1788–89
00:08:04 2 Start of first presidential and vice presidential terms
00:10:16 3 Election of 1792
00:13:19 4 Administration
00:13:28 4.1 Cabinet
00:17:14 4.2 Vice presidency
00:19:34 4.3 First presidential veto
00:20:20 4.4 Salary
00:20:47 5 Judicial appointments
00:24:06 6 Domestic affairs
00:24:15 6.1 Selection of permanent U.S. capital
00:28:02 6.2 Tariff of 1789
00:29:53 6.3 Hamiltonian economic program
00:35:26 6.4 The Whiskey Rebellion
00:39:40 6.5 Rise of political parties
00:44:24 6.6 Constitutional amendments
00:46:20 6.7 Slavery
00:47:20 6.8 The Northwest Indian War
00:53:55 7 Foreign affairs
00:54:04 7.1 The French Revolution
00:54:13 7.1.1 Public debate
00:58:28 7.1.2 American neutrality
01:01:31 7.2 Relations with Great Britain
01:01:40 7.2.1 Seizures and economic retaliation
01:03:37 7.2.2 Jay Treaty
01:10:07 7.3 Barbary pirates
01:14:11 7.4 Relations with Spain
01:18:27 8 Presidential residences and tours
01:18:38 8.1 Residences
01:19:46 8.2 Tours
01:22:32 9 States joining the Union
01:23:29 10 Farewell Address and election of 1796
01:23:41 10.1 Farewell Address
01:29:43 10.2 Election of 1796
01:32:22 11 Historical evaluation
01:34:44 12 See also
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The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797. Washington took office after the 1788–89 presidential election, the nation's first quadrennial presidential election, in which he was elected unanimously. Washington was re-elected unanimously in the 1792 presidential election, and chose to retire after two terms. He was succeeded by his vice president, John Adams of the Federalist Party.
Washington had established his preeminence among the new nation's Founding Fathers through his service as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and as President of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Once the Constitution was approved, it was widely expected that Washington would become the first President of the United States, despite his own desire to retire from public life. In his first inaugural address, Washington expressed both his reluctance to accept the presidency and his inexperience with the duties of civil administration, but he proved an able leader.
Washington presided over the establishment of the new federal government – appointing all of the high-ranking officials in the executive and judicial branches, shaping numerous political practices, and establishing the site of the permanent capital of the United States. He supported Alexander Hamilton's economic policies whereby the federal government assumed the debts of the state governments and established the First Bank of the United States, the United States Mint, and the United States Customs Service. Congress passed the Tariff of 1789, the Tariff of 1790, and an excise tax on whiskey to fund the government and, in the case of the tariffs, address the trade imbalance with Britain. Washington personally led federal soldiers in suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion, which arose in opposition to the administration's taxation policies. He directed the Northwest Indian War, which saw the United States establish control over Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory. In foreign affairs, he assured domestic tranquility and maintained peace with the European powers despite the raging French Revolutionary Wars by issuing the 1793 Proclamation of Neutrality. He also secured two important bilateral treaties, the 1794 Jay Treaty with Great Britain and the 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain, both of which fostered trade and helped secure control of the American frontier. To protect American shipping from Barbary pirates and other threats, he re-established the United States Navy with the Naval Act of 1794.
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