George Washington announced his permanent retreat from the world 220 years ago today. His “Farewell Address,” first ... often used interchangeably). By “party” or “faction,” Washington ...

George Washington used the light of this brass candle stand while laboring over his farewell address in 1796 ... Washington, who claimed no political party, wrote to Jefferson, “The first ...

George Washington ... the office through his example. Washington started the tradition of the inaugural address as well as the Presidential Cabinet, neither prescribed by the Constitution. Washington ...

George Washington specifically warned against “the baneful effects of the spirit of party” in his farewell address in 1796. Yet no sooner did Washington retire from office than political ...

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 ... also wrote a ...

The hit musical Hamilton immortalized the first presidential farewell address in the song “One Last Time,” during which Alexander Hamilton helps George Washington set a precedent on saying ...