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 ...

A Doctor Friend of George Washington Proposed a Bizarre Way to Resurrect Him Soon After He Died America's first Presidentcould have been brought back to life, claimed a physician of that time.

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

One of the most intriguing items is the strands of hair of Washington, the very first US president, who died in 1799. The graying hair has been preserved in a locket that was given to a family ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his elegant ...

George was the eldest son of Augustine’s ... He serves two terms but refuses a third. Dec. 14, 1799 Washington dies suddenly after contracting an acute infection while touring his estates ...

The idea of the formal circus was relatively new then, though itinerant jugglers, acrobats, and clowns had wandered Europe, ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington never ... appointed second-in-command. Washington's death in late 1799 left Hamilton increasingly ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge ... The marriage lasted 40 years, until Washington's death in 1799. In his final will, he stipulated that upon his wife's death ...

George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded ... By the time of Washington’s death in 1799, more than 300 were enslaved across the plantation there. Washington, who led American forces ...

As the world turns its attention to the US election on Nov. 5, presidential history aficionados may be particularly ...

George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded ... By the time of Washington’s death in 1799, more than 300 were enslaved across the plantation there. Washington, who led American forces ...