Legacy George Washington established the title, President, and outlined the capacities of the office through his example. Washington started the tradition of the inaugural address as well as the ...

Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ... tradition of the inaugural address and the cabinet system, neither prescribed by the ...

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual ... Jr. into the Cabinet, for example, sets a precedent dangerous and damaging to the country. It’s something Washington would ...